Daisho: Signed Katana And Wakisashi, With Koshirae Soriomono Japan, Edo Period (1603-1868)

DAISHO: Katana and Wakisashi signed, with Koshirae soriomono
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, iron, gold, lacquer.

Katana, blade signed SHINANO DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAKUNI
Period 1751 / 1772
Length of cutting edge, (Nagasa) : 74cm
Nakago : 20cm - Curvature, (Sori) : 1,4cm - Weight : 940g
Total length : 113cm
Double-throated blade BO-HI - Hardening line Gunomé
Habaki in gilded brass.

Wakisashi, blade signed NOBU TAKA SAKU
Period 1850/1865
Length of cutting edge, (Nagasa) : 47,4cm
Nakago : 16 - Curvature, (Sori) : 1,1cm - Weight : 580g
Total length : 75cm
Double-throated blade BO-HI - Hardening line Gunomé
Habaki in gilded brass

Koshirae soriomono
Scabbards (saya) in lacquered wood, embellished with gold hira maki motifs of paulownia flowers (kiri) and foliage.
All the fittings are in shakudo, decorated in taka zogan with gold paulownia flowers on a nanako background.
The kogai are in bronze, decorated with a saddle and accessories on a nanako background, and for the wakisashi, a bronze kozuka decorated with a saddle and accessories on a nanako background, with a signed blade (kogatana) adorned with a chrysanthemum, the imperial flower. 
The tsuka are made of wood, covered with ray skin and braided with beige silk.
The menuki are embellished with gold and silver; they are animated by two samurai archers in armor. One of them, hidden behind a stone, wears an eboshi headdress and a tessen war fan. The two warriors are armed with katana swords, quivers of arrows on their backs and yumi bows. Their kabuto helmets lie on the ground at their feet. 

The kiri mon is the heraldic sign of the Toku Gawa remps, first adopted by Minamoto Yoshi Iye.

The set is in very good condition.

Ref : 5384
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