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A very large and healthy naginatanaoshi katana attributed to Ko Uda.  Hawatare:  2 shaku 3 sun 9 bu  (72.42 cm / 28.5").  Motohaba:  2.98 cm.  Sakihaba:  2.86 cm.  Kasane:  6 mm.  Shobuzukure, iroi mune. The hamon is a suguba midare, with gunome, choji, small togare, ashi iri,  ha nie, kinsuji, nijuba, nado.   The jigane is a dark hadatatsu, pronounced masa-nagare, jinie, long chikei, yubashiri, nado.  Mounted in horn trimmed shirasaya, with a niju silver habaki, NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon kanteisho. 

The Uda school started in later Kamakura, and continued through Muromachi.  Swords are divided into Uda, Muromachi period, and Ko-Uda, Kamakura and Nambokucho.   $7,500