Shinshinto wakizashi
19th century period
Signed (mei): Tenpô san Seishû Hisai ni oite Naotane kore wo tsukuru [Made by Naotane in Tenpô 3 (1832) in Hisai in the province of Ise] and Sugita Moritane no motome no ôjite Naokatsu shirusu [Written by Naokatsu at Sugita Moritane's request]
Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, chu-kissaki
Forge pattern (hada): masame
Dip (hamon): uma no ha
Tip (boshi): ko-maru
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, kurijiri nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, kesho yasurime
Length (nagasa): 50.9 cm
Mount (koshira-e):
Tsuba: maru gata made of iron braided with suaka wire and sentoku of Shingen type
Fuchi kashira: in shibuichi and shakudo, the fuchi decorated with a dragon finely chiseled in high relief, the kashira decorated with a scroll
Kojiri kurikata koiguchi: in plain sentoku
Kogatana: kozuka in shakudo with shibuichi inlaid decoration of Mount Fuji on a nanako background Signed Kanasugi Tomotsune followed by kao. Blade signed Katsusada.
Menuki : in shibuichi and gilded copper featuring a dragon and a phoenix with a paulownia môn
Scabbard (saya) : in grey lacquered same, ringed
Provenance : sale Bakhmeteff Collection, Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Bellier, Drouot, 16-18 January 1929
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