[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Both mihaba and kasane are ordinal. There are differences between moto-haba and saki-haba. Moderate sori attached. Chû-kissaki extended form.
Nakago : Ubu. Saki is iri-yama-gata. Yasurimes are ô-suji-kais. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada well grained. Ji-fu like hada mixed. Jinie attached. Fine chikei appeared.
Hamon : Gunome, chô-ji-midare. Deep nioi appeared. Rich ko-nies attached. Bold ashis appeared. Fine kin-sens and sunagashi appeared. Mune-yaki tempered.
Boushi : Ko-maru. Saki is haki-kake. It turns deeply.

[ Highlight ]
Second generation Harima-no-kami Tadakuni was a child of first generation. He was called Dan-zae-mon. Initially, he had his signature harukuni "治国". When first generation became a monk, he succeeded the name Tadakuni, and appointed honorable name Harima-no-kami. As remaining swords with year signagure, from "延宝五年八月日" to "貞享二年二月日". There are some swords with chrysanthemum / crab-peony seals. This sword has nice form. Well grained strong jinage has been tempered gorgeous midare-bas at which he was so good. Nioi-kuchi is so clear. At moto part, its yakidashi shows sugu shape. This is sometims observed at collateral Hizen school's swods.

[ Conditions ]
Excellent.