Katana with cutting test through deer antlers, mounted in shirasaya with original koshirae. NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Katana, signed:
Kōka sannen hinoe-umadoshi tsukai Hakuryūshi kore o tsukuru ‒
Shisai rokkaku no gotoku o kire dakara shison kore o sōsu (Yoshitaka, Sanuki) (弘化三年丙午歳使白龍子造焉・試截鹿角如切布因為子孫蔵之) (吉隆・讃岐) “Made by Hakuryūshi in Kōka three (1846), year of the horse. Tested by cutting through deer antlers, and as the blade performed so well, it shall
be treasured by my descendants.” (made by Yoshitaka from Sanuki province)
nagasa ~ 64.9 cm
