The total length of kozuka is 20.5 cm. length Width 1.3cm The length of the blade is 11.5cm
The blade (hosaki) is engraved with the inscription: “Made by Fujiwara no Kiyonaga at the foot of Mount Kinka in Oshu, on the banks of the Nagara River.”(於濃州金花山麓長良川邉藤原清長作)
Fujiwara Kiyonaga was a swordsmith active in Gifu around the Genroku era.
