Shinto tanto
EDO period (1603 - 1868)
Signed (mei): Seishu (no) ju Sengo Masashige
Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune
Forging pattern (hada): masame
Tempering (hamon): hitatsura
Tip (boshi): hakikake
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, iriyamagata nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, kesho yasurime
Length (nagasa): 25.7 cm
Mount (koshira-e):
Tsuba: iron kaku gata with inlaid shibuichi, suaka and gilt copper decoration of kuwai and aoi near a stream
Fuchi kashira: en suite, in suaka with inlaid shibuichi and gilt copper decoration of chidori in flight and a boat in the reeds
Kogai: in suaka with relief decoration and inlay of shakudo of a bird on a branch
Kogatana: kozuka in hammered suaka with relief decoration and inlay of shakudo, shibuichi and gilt copper of a hawk on its perch, signed Masatoshi followed by kakihan. Blade signed Kawachino Kami Kunisuke
Habaki : in gilded copper chiselled with lake landscapes
Menuki : in suaka and gilded copper featuring Raijin and Fujin
Scabbard (saya) : in brown lacquer imitating iron, with decoration in slight relief and kirigane of characters among lake and mountain landscapes. Signed Nobuaki
Provenance : probably sale Collection E. Bertin Collection, Me Couturier, Drouot, 13-14 May 1925, lot 294
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