著录:出版 Unidentified publication， “Swordsmiths under Inuyama castle”， p.37-38 拍品描述:SIGNED BISHU INUYAMA JU KANENORI SAKU， DATED BUNROKU GONEN NIGATSU KICHIJITSU (2ND MONTH 1596) Configuration [sugata]: hon-zukuri with iori-mune， curvature torii-zori， o-kissaki Forging pattern [jihada]: itame with mokume Tempering pattern [hamon]: gunome with togariba， fine nioi， ashi， sunagashi， yo Point [boshi]: gunome on omote， notare on ura Tang [nakago]: unshortened (ubu)；holes (mekugi-ana): one， file marks (yasurime): hawk feather (taka no ha)；end (nakagojiri): rounded slants to the cutting-edge (haagari-kurijiri) Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 126cm.；Sori [curvature]: 4.8cm.；Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 4.02cm.；Sakihaba [width before tip]: 3cm. Collar [Habaki]: single copper In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard] Mounting [Koshirae]: Black lacquer scabbard， a large iron round tsuba pierced with a wheel， 16.1cm diam.， the hilt wrapped in brown， overall 191.5cm The blade accompanied by a Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worthy of preserving) no. 1018581， issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword)， dated 25 August 2022