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This sword might have been the operate of Anybody of such Ko-Hôki smiths. Examples of the work of all of them are extant these days. Frequent details of their workmanship are a coarse mokume-hada, a jigane that looks dark, as well as existence of both of those ji-nie and chikei. The hamon is ko-midare, consisting of the nie structure with kinsuji