Shinto tanto
EDO period (1603 - 1868)
Signed (mei): Inaba (no) Kami Fujiwara Kanetoki
Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune, horimono depicting Fudo Myoo on one side, kurikara on the other side
Forge pattern (hada): masame
Temper (hamon): suguha
Point (boshi): not visible
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, iriyamagata nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, kiri yasurime
Length (nagasa): 28.2 cm
Mount (koshira-e): made of aikuchi
Fuchi kashira koiguchi kojiri: made of shibuichi with finely incised cloud decoration, the kojiri decorated with a stylized butterfly motif wari-kogai: made of shibuichi with incised cloud decoration. Signed Hidemizu (Shuzui)
Kogatana : kozuka in shibuichi with clouds incised. Signed Goto Kiyoaki followed by kao
Mekugi : in shibuichi, showing pairs of quails among millets
Scabbard (saya) : ebi saya in black ringed lacquer
Provenance : J. Jacques Reubell collection, fourth sale, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, February 21-24, 1934, n°681
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