95. YASUTSUGU LINEAGE An Echizen Daishō (Long and Short Sword) Edo period (165-1868), 18th/19th century Katana: Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chūgissaki, toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): running itamehada Hamon (tempering pattern): chōji gunome midare in nie and nioi Bōshi (tip): komaru Nakago (tang): ubu with one hole, indistinct file marks and signed Echizen no jū Soyō no kami Fujiwara Kunitsuna Habaki (collar): one-piece gilt-copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 62.5cm Wakizashi: Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, ōgissaki, deep toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): itamehada in jinie Hamon (tempering pattern): chōji midare in nie Bōshi (tip): komaru with a long return Nakago (tang): ubu with one hole, kiri yasurime file marks, and signed Bushū Edo ni oite kore o saku Nanban tetsu Echizen Yasutsugu and with an aoimon (hollyhock crest) Habaki (collar): one-piece, gilt copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 39cm The koshira-e comprising black-lacquer ribbed saya, the wakizashi fitted with a shakudō and gilt kozuka decorated with dragons, the tsuka both fitted with shakudō nanakoji fuchigashira decorated with gold dragons, and menuki formed as dragons, the shakudō mokkōgata tsuba with gold dragons in waves (2).