[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Mihaba is wide. Kasane is a little thick. High shinogi-suji and high sori attached. Funnbari form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are suji-kais and kesho. Saki is kuri-jiri. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada with some changes. Jinie attached. Chikei appeared.
Hamon : Ko-gunomes, togari-bas, cho-ji-bas and ko-notare-bas mixed. Ko-ashis and yos appeared. Nie attached well.
Boushi : It runs in sugu. Form is komaru. It turns rather deeply.

[ Highlight ] It is a long, high sori beautifully attached sword with an imposing shape. Toward ha-side, there can be observed changing surface pattern. Nie attached to ko-moyo midareba. Long kin-sens and sunagashis appeared. Many changes show its brilliance. The first Muramatsu-shin Shigetsugu was called Itagaki Shinnosuke. He made his swords in Echigo around Kaei era.
He had his signatures such as "北越邑松臣源重次", "村松臣重次", "邑松臣重次謹作之", "邑松臣重次作", etc. There are extant works dated 1830 (Bunsei 13), 1851 (Kaei 4) and others. Shigetsugu II, whose name was Itagaki Zenzaemon, made his swords in Echigo around Genji (1864-1865). It is known from the inscription book that there is a sword with the inscription "重次". This work has a dated inscription from the first year of Keio (1865). The honesty and youthfulness of the work and inscription make it reasonable to consider it to have been made after the second generation assumed the name. If so, this work reveals that the second generation was also named Muramatsu-shin. It was registered in Niigata Prefecture in 1952, and was a local sword of the Muramatsu clan at the end of the Edo period, and was owned by a local sword lover.

[ Conditions ] There is little scratches on the blade but no rust observed. It can be appreciated and preerved in current conditions. Regarding the koshirae, scabard has a repainted point, kurigata has a detached point of laquar. Other part remains so healthy.