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
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