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He belonged to Horikawa school Kunihiro had founded.  According to Markus Sesko's swordsmith compendium:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenna (元和, 1615-1624), Yamashiro – “Echigo no Kami Fujiwara Kunitomo”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(越後守藤原国儔), “Fujiwara Kunitomo” (藤原国儔), according to tradition the nephew of Horikawa Kunihiro \u003cbr\u003e(堀川国広), like Kunihiro, he too came from Obi (飫肥) in Hyūga province, it is said that in Kyōto, Kunitomo also \u003cbr\u003etook care of the training of Kunihiro´s students Kunisada (国貞) and Kunisuke (国助) after the death of their master, \u003cbr\u003edense itame mixed with mokume and ji-nie, also chikei appear and the hada stands out as characteristical zanguri, the hamon is \u003cbr\u003ea notare mixed with gunome and is mostly rather simple or calm, the bōshi has a ko-maru-kaeri and appears sometimes as \u003cbr\u003emidare-komi, in his early years he signed the part “Echigo no Kami Fujiwara” noticeably smaller than the two characters \u003cbr\u003eof “Kunitomo,” over the years the difference in size decreased, jōjō-saku\u003cbr\u003eKUNITORA (国虎), Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Musashi – “Kunitora saku” (\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eNagasa : 45.42.cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eSori : 0.4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e8cm\u003cbr\u003eTotal length : 52.5cm\u003cbr\u003eMotohaba : 33.6mm\u003cbr\u003eSakihaba : 26.4mm\u003cbr\u003eMotokasane : 6.5mm\u003cbr\u003eSakikasane : 5mm\u003cbr\u003eBlade Weight : 514g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIPPING, TERMS, AND REFUNDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy placing an order with RVA Katana, the customer affirms they are a legal adult in their country of residence, and will comply with all local, state, and national laws regarding their order. 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