Tadamitsu II (active 1487-1500) A Bizen wakizashi Muromachi period (1336-1573), dated 1488 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): tightly packed ko-itame hada in jinie Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare with some ko-choji and nie, ashi, and yo Boshi (tip): ko-maru Horimono (carving): bohi on both sides Nakago (tang): ubu with katte sagari file marks, two holes, signed Bishu no Osafune ju Tadamitsu and dated Chokyo ninen hachi gatsu no hi (A day in the eighth month of 1488) Habaki (collar): one-piece, gold-foil, worked on the surface Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 3/8in (69.5cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/8in (2.8cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) With Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 3007868 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated February 5, 2015