A JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-tsukuri (raised ridge) with shallow tori-zori (even curve)

Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare (small repeated irregular semi-circles) becoming sanbon-tsugi (three cedar tree pattern) in places

Boshi (tip): iri-yama-gata (one side rises above the other)

Nakago (tang): ubu (unaltered) with a single mekugi-ana (peg hole), signed on the omote (front side) Noshu Ju Hirosuke saku

Nagasa (length): 66.3 cm, saki-haba (width at the tip) 2.0 cm, moto-haba (width at the bottom of the blade) 3.0 cm

Koshirae: with full officer's leather covered mounts, including leather foul weather tsuka (handle) cover