Koto O-tanto
Middle MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573)
Signed (mei): Bishu (no) ju Tsuguyoshi
Blade (sugata): hira zukuri
Forging pattern (hada): mokume
Temper (hamon): hamon suguha
Tip (boshi): togari
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, kiriyasuri yasurime
Length (nagasa): 29.3 cm
Mount (koshira-e):
Tsuba: Namban-style openwork iron and shibuichi hokei gata with scroll decoration, one side lacquered, thick suaka seppa
Fuchi kashira: iron with inlaid shibuichi and gilt copper decoration of kanji (fuchi) and foliage (kashira)
Kojiri: in iron with shibuichi inlaid decoration of Namban style scrolls, in continuation with kashira
Kogai: in iron inlaid in hirazogan of gilt copper in the shape of a vajra
Kogatana: Kozuka in iron decorated with a rain dragon in slight relief and shibuichi inlay. Blade signed Hyuga (no) Kami Fujiwara Masahisa (?)
Menuki and kurikata : in openwork iron in the Namban style
Scabbard (saya) : wakizashi in grey matte lacquer in imitation of iron
Provenance : sale Bakhmeteff Collection, Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Bellier, Drouot, 16-18 January 1929
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