Shinto Wakizashi
EDO period (1603 - 1868)
Signed (mei): Kanbun shichinen ni gatsu hi [one day of the second month of the seventh year of Kanbun (1667)] Tsuda Echizen (no) Kami Sukehiro.
Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, chu-kissaki
Forge pattern (hada): itame
Temper (hamon): suguha
Tip (boshi): chu-maru
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, katayama kengyo nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, kesho yasurime
Length (nagasa): 51.5 cm
Mount (koshira-e):
Tsuba: iron nagamaru gata with openwork yo-sukashi decoration of a suzumushi and a fan decorated in hirazogan with asanoha (hemp leaves) motifs
Fuchi kashira: iron fuchi with brass inlay decoration of tendrils and paulownia, iron kabuto kashira decorated in hira zogan of gilded copper with wisteria and ivy
Kojiri: in iron with shibuichi inlaid decoration of ivy, wisteria and tendrils
Kogatana: in iron imitating a kozuka with decoration in slight relief of a yanone arrow inlaid in hira zogan of gilded copper with a sakura flower, signed Umetada.
Menuki : in shibuichi featuring Hotei in his bag of riches pulled by two karako
Scabbard (saya) : covered with a dark brown and gold silk brocade woven with peonies and karakusa, decorated with lacquer, boxwood, shibuichi, and iron masks featuring Noh and Kyogen, including Okame and Hannya
Provenance : first sale V. F.F. Weber Collection, Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Flagel, Drouot, 18-20 February 1925, n°464
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