Shinto wakizashi Middle EDO period (1603 -... Lot 24

Shinto wakizashi Middle EDO period (1603 - 1868) Signed (mei): Kunisuke Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, horimono with su ken and clouds (tsume) Temper (hamon): suguha Rocket (nakago): tanago keitai, four mekugi ana, yokoyasuri yasurime Length (nagasa): 28.2 cm Mounting (koshira-e) in aikuchi, signed Kikuchi Natsuo: Fuchi kashira kojiri koiguchi: en suite, in shibuichi inlaid with gilt copper and shakudo and decorated in katakiri and ke bori with a pair of pheasants, peacocks and birds among cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums. The fuchi signed Matsumoto Hideaki Kogatana and kogai : the kogai signed Goto Mitsuyoshi (15th generation), the kozuka signed Sakano Matsutane Mekugi : in shibuichi with gilded copper and shakudo decoration in light relief of flowers and plants Scabbard (saya) : in black lacquer with cherry blossoms decoration