Shinto wakizashi EDO period (1603 - 1868) Signed... Lot 19

Shinto wakizashi EDO period (1603 - 1868) Signed (mei): Kunishige Lame (sugata): hira zukuri, mitsu mune, bo hi ni tsure hi, a horimono bonji mato kannon on one side Forge pattern (hada): mokume Tempering (hamon): hotsure suguha Tip (boshi): o-maru Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, katte sagari yasurime Length (nagasa): 35.3 cm Mounting (koshira-e): Tsuba fuchi kashira: en suite in shibuichi with katakiri bori decoration of the seven sages in the bamboo forest. Tsuba and fuchi signed Godai Kiryusai Somin followed by kao. (Yokoya school, 5th generation) Kogatana : shibuichi and gilt copper kozuka with kurikara ken ryu (dragon on a ken) design in relief, on a nanako background, the reverse side with a neko yasuri (cat scratches) design, Goto school. The blade decorated with a bonji and signed Katsuren Habaki : in gilded copper and shakudo with a dragon among the waves holding the tama Kurikata : in shibuichi with a nanako pattern decorated with a môn daki myo ga (ginger shoots), used by the Hori family of Iida Menuki : in gilded copper featuring two dragons Scabbard (saya): in lacquer alternating black ro-iro stripes and black stripes with inclusion of thin wooden slats, decorated with two gilded copper môn: daki myo ga (ginger shoot) and ageha no cho (butterfly) Provenance: sale Bakhmeteff Collection, Mes Lair Dubreuil et Bellier, Drouot, 16-18 January 1929 The founder of the Yokoya school, Somin, whose real name was Yokoya Chojiro, (1670-1733) had studied the painting of the Kano school, and is the inventor of the technique of katakiri bori, which imitates brushstrokes in the metal