Tachi
no sign Mogusa
(treasured by Naoe Kanetsugu)
Mutsu province, late Kamakura period, about 690 years ago
Ha-cho (Edge length) 85.8cm
Sori (Curvature) approx.2.87cm
Moto-haba (width at Ha-machi) approx.3.55cm
Saki-haba (width at Kissaki) approx.2.1cm
Kasane (thickness) approx. 0.79cm
Engraving ; "Bo-hi, maru-dome" on the both sides
calligraphy on the scabbard writen by Honma Kunzan
"Ohshu Mogusa, Naoe Yamashiro no kami zoto no hitotsu"(treatured by Naoe Yamashiro no kami Kanetsugu)
put on pictorical record "Uesugi Kenshin ten"
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