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Hojoji Masahiro Katana
    with Three Body Nagahisa Cutting Test
           84cm / 33 ^1/4" - Longest Masahiro in Existence
                                                          From a Private Collection

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$120k

Takigawa Saburo Dayu
Born in Hirohara, Tanshu, he was the late stylist from Hojoji Kunimitsu of Tanshu. He moved to Edo to become the leader of the Edo Hojoji School.
We see long sword and wakizashi by him in the typical shallow Sori Kanbun style, the famous Shinto Sugata.

Nagasa: 84cm
Ji-tetsu is a complex Itame Hada that is tight and refined, and shows evenly developed Jinie. Masame in the Shinogi-Ji.

This is a gently Asaki-Notare line of complex Gunome-Midare where well-formed Nie Fukashi forms the deep Habuchi.

It should be noted that swords of this length were illegal at this time and the few pieces of this length are exceptionally rare, as only the order of the greatest Daimyo could command such work be created. Kept from open exposure, these pieces were their most exclusive property.

This piece could only have been created for a top level Edo Daimyo, a favored personage of the inner circle.

Omi-no-Kami Hojoji Tachibana Masahiro
Nagahisa Gold Cutting Test - 1663, three bodies

Top-level Juyo Shinto

-Top Shinto Maker in perfect condition
-Leading Edo Daimyo's Plaything
-Longest Masahiro in existence - Illegal at the time
-Tokugawa Tester, Nagahisa Three-body in gold on illegal sword
-Juyo Token