A Stunning and Impressively Powerful Koto Katana, Circa 1500. With All Original Edo Period Koshirae Mountings. A Fabulous Sword of Likely a Seieibushi {the Highest Ranked Elite Samurai} Traditionally the Highest Rank of Elite Samurai

≈ €11,300 £9,450 dealer’s price: £9,450 · ≈ $12,687 · converted at the National Bank of Poland average rate (table 219/A/NBP/2026) of 10.11.2026 · shipping cost: unknown · change the currency at the top of the page

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Category	Edged weapons › Swords & broadswords	automatic identification
Type	not identified	—
State / formation	Japan	automatic identification
Period	Before 1800	automatic identification
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Dealer and country	The Lanes Armoury · GB	dealer profile

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Originally made around 500 years ago for a samurai of considerable size and status befitting a sword of this power and presence. Photos of the blade to add Friday 12th It bears a beautfully fine Koto blade, around 1500, yet, most rarely it shows it is ubu {unshortened} and it displays a very fine s…

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