Go Yoshihiro wakizashi

Sayagaki

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Etchū Matsukura Gō Yoshihiro

Ō-suriage mumei shikamo dōkō-saku to tsutau. Hosomi, ko-kissaki no shitai o mise sori nao takaku ji-nie atsuku chikei hairu hada-ai ni suguha ko-midare o yaki nie atsuku kirameki kinsuji shikiri ni karami sunagashi, yubashiri kakari Sōshū-den jōkō no tokumi o kengen-shi nakanzuku jiba no sae ya ichimai-bōshi o kan’an-sureba dōkō no shoden wa shukō-sareru yūhin nari.
Hachō isshaku shichi-sun hachi-bu han, koretoki kinoto-hebidoshi yayoi Tanzan shirusu + kaō

Gō Yoshihiro from Matsukura in Etchū

This blade is ō-suriage and mumei, but was handed down as a work of Gō Yoshihiro. It is of a shape with a slender mihaba and a ko-kissaki, and still retains a deep sori, and displays a forging structure with chikei and plenty of ji-nie. The hardening is a suguha ko-midare with an abundance of sparkling nie, is interwoven with kinsuji, and features sunagashi and yubashiri, hence the blade reflects the typical characteristics of the early great Sōshū masters. Also taking into consideration the clarity of the jiba and the ichimai-bōshi, it can be said that within said group, this masterwork reflects the typical characteristics traditionally associated with Gō Yoshihiro.
Blade length ~ 54.1 cm. Written by Tanzan [Tanobe Michihiro] in March in the year of the snake of this era (2025) + monogram.