Koto tanto
MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573)
Signed (mei): Eiroku sannen hachigatsu hi [eighth month of the third year of Eiroku (1560)] Hakushu Hiroyoshi saku
Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune
Forge pattern (hada): itame
Temper (hamon): o-midare
Tip (boshi): kaeri tsuyoshi
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, tanago nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, katesagari yasurime
Length (nagasa): 26.1 cm
Mounting (koshira-e):
Tsuba: Nagamaru gata made of iron, inlaid with gilded copper and shibuichi of flowers. Signed with a kao.
Fuchi kashira en suite : in shibuichi with gilded copper inlaid decoration of dragons on a nanako background
Kojiri : in gilded copper in katakiri bori of a hedge
Kogatana : kozuka in shibuichi inlaid with gilded copper of a dragon with the pearl. The blade signed Omi FujiwaraYukimitsu.
Habaki : in 18k gold with stripes pattern
Menuki : in gilded copper in the shape of dragons and ken
Kurikata : in shibuichi inlaid with gilded copper of a dragon among clouds on a nanako background
Scabbard (saya) : ringed in brown-black lacquer
Provenance : old sale number 688
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