Image: 刀 銘 長曽祢興里入道乕徹, Katana Nagasone Kotetsu
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Description: Katana forged by Nagasone Kotetsu. The letters inlaid with gold on the tang (nakago) indicated that Yamada Kauemon, the official executioner of the Tokugawa shogunate and examiner of sword cutting performance, cut the four human torso overlapped.
Title: 刀 銘 長曽祢興里入道乕徹, Katana Nagasone Kotetsu
Credit: 東京富士美術館/Tokyo Fuji Art Museum https://www.fujibi.or.jp/our-collection/profile-of-works.html?work_id=9672
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