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Project Description
Matsuyama Nagakuni katana with cutting test inscription.
刀銘
予州松山住長国 (切付銘)
明和六丑年九月五日
長坂勝英次胴切图
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Yoshū Matsuyama-jū Nagakuni (kiritsuke-mei)
– Nagakuni, residing in Matsuyama, Iyo Province (Yoshū)
Meiwa roku chū-toshi kugatsu itsuka
– Meiwa 6, Year of the Ox, 9th month, 5th day.
– Western calendar equivalent: October 15, 1769
Chōsaka Katsuhide tsugi dōkiri zu
– Saidanmei (cutting test) of torso-cutting by Nagasaka Katsuhide.
