Shinto Katana
EDO period (1603 - 1868)
Unsigned (mumei)
Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, kaki-nagashi bo-hi continuing in silk, o-kissaki
Forge pattern (hada): masame
Temper (hamon): uma no ha and midare
Tip (boshi): midare komi
Rocket (nakago): o-suriage keitai, kiri nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, kiri yasurime
Length (nagasa): 60.1 cm
Mounting (koshira-e):
Tsuba: nagamaru gata in suibuichi (European swan and crab warranty hallmarks on mimi)
Fuchi kashira kojiri kurikata: en suite, in shibuichi with incised katakiri bori decoration of bamboo. Fuchi signed Masahide.
Kogatana : kozuka in shibuichi decorated in katakiri bori with a tiger. Signed Sixth generation, Yasuchika followed by kao. Blade signed Ikkan shi Tadatsuna.
Wari kogai : in shibuichi decorated in katakiri bori with a tiger. Signed Nara Tatsumasa chomei (European swan marks)
Menuki : in gilded copper with dragons
Scabbard (saya) : in black ro-iro lacquer
Provenance : sale Bakhmeteff Collection, Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Bellier, Drouot, 16-18 January 1929
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