Shinto wakizashi EDO period (1603 - 1868) Signed... Lot 18

Shinto wakizashi EDO period (1603 - 1868) Signed (mei): Hanafusa Bizen (no) Kami Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, chu-kissaki Forging pattern (hada): masame Temper (hamon): notare with ashi Tip (boshi): chu-maru Rocket (nakago): o-suriage keitai, kiri nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, kiri yasurime Length (nagasa): 50.1 cm Mount (koshira-e): Tsuba: kiku gata in shibuichi Fuchi kabuto-gane kojiri: en suite in shibuichi chased with foaming waves Menuki and kurikata: in shibuichi featuring san biki saru chiselled in high relief, one covering his eyes, the other his ears, and the third his mouth Scabbard (saya) : in red and black lacquer forming swirls, decorated with a snake coiling around in shibuichi, its scales finely chiselled Provenance : second sale Estate of M. Lucien Sauphar, Mes Baudoin et Benoist, Drouot, 23-25 March 1936, n°375