"Japanese Wakizashi Sword, Yatsugu School - Edo Period (1603 - 1868)."
JAPAN - Edo period (1603 - 1868). Japanese Wakizashi sword. Tsuka braided in brown cord on blue fabric. Menukis depicting a Hanya mask and an Okina mask. Marugata tsuba in openwork and engraved iron depicting a Hanya mask and a fan, signed. Fushi decorated with three masks including those of Okame and the water spitter. Kashira depicting a water spitter mask. Saya in carved and lacquered wood decorated with seven No. theater masks. Straight blade, regular hamon, straight and well marked, signed on the tang with the characters known as bu-shu-e-do-echi-zen-shimo-saka. Dimensions: 61 x 7 x 7 cm Sold with the stand and its silk case for transport.