Blade for a Sword (Katana) late 15th–early 16th century Gassan Mitsu[...] The Gassan school of swordsmiths was among the most celebrated in Japan. Blades with the distinctive concentrically curved grain pattern (ayasugi-hada) have been a specialty of the school since the fourteenth century. This katana, dating from the turn of the sixteenth century, has been shortened since its making, most likely to fit a subsequent Blade for a Sword (Katana). Japanese. late 15th–early 16th century. Steel. Swords

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