Sengoku Japan - the time of  the "One-Handed Fighting Sword"
                                                                              or Katateuchi
 
Collector's Rule: A Shinogi-Tsukuri, Sengoku-era sword between 21" to 26" or longer is a Katateuchi, long-sword. A one-handed Nakago is a definer.
(Hira-tsukuri of 13" to 17" were the Wakizashi of the day)
Katateuchi are considered Long Swords in both appraisal and value; - they are not Wakizashi
The Greatest Smiths produce the Masterworks of the era - Bunmei 1469 thru Tenmon 1532
         Three generations of warriors fight with the Katateuchi
Time of the Katateuchi
Sakyo-no-Shin Munemitsu
Bijutsu-Hin Katateuchi
"Morning Star"
Jirozaemon Katsumitsu
Bunkazai Katateuchi
Yozazaemon Sukesada
 See Katateuchi in Sue-Bizen
 See Katateuchi in Muramasa 
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