A JAPANESE SWORD (TACHI), KOTO PERIOD the blade shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune and ko-kissaki, itame-mokume hada, some tate-wari on both sides in the monouichi area, choji-midare hamon with shinogi in some areas and with tobi-yaki, sunagashi and kinsuji throughout, boshi with sunagaeshi, hakikake and a short kaeri and ubu nakago with single mekugi-ana, kuri-jiri and sujikai-yasuri and signed Soshu Ju Akihiro on the omote and Oan 7 (1374) on the ura Nagasa: 65.5 cm; Moto-haba: 2.9 cm; Saki-haba: 1.8 cm The style of dating is an idiosyncrasy of Akihiro, omitting the characters for both year and month. This sword is accompanied by a detailed appraisal from the Token Society of Great Britain.