Shinto tanto
MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603)
Signed (mei): Kanesada
Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune
Forging pattern (hada): masame
Tempering (hamon): kuzure
Tip (boshi): harikake
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, three mekugi ana, sujikai yasurime
Length (nagasa): 22.3 cm
Mounting (koshira-e): made of aikuchi
Fuchi kashira koiguchi kojiri: in two-tone shibuichi in imitation of guri-bori, with stylized scroll decoration
Kogai : in shibuichi and shakudo, with checkerboard and mokume (wood grain) pattern
Kogatana : kozuka with the same pattern, blade decorated with a so no kurikara
Menuki : in shibuichi, featuring Fukurokuju holding a tama and his deer carrying scrolls
Scabbard (saya): in caramel-brown lacquer decorated with diagonal patterns forming chevrons
Provenance: first sale J. Jacques Reubell Collection, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 13-16 December 1933, n°724
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