HIZEN TADAKUNI LINEAGE A Shintō Katana Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame hada with a suguha tempered edge, the ubu tang with one hole, sujikai file marks, and signed Hizen no jū Harima Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni, with a two-piece gilt habaki (one half now lost); in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 70.2cm (27 5/8in) long. This blade appears to be a later work of the first-genera