Japanese Sword, Tanto - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)

Japanese sword, Tanto
Japan

Edo period (1603-1868)

Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, brass, shakudo, gold, copper, silver, iron, sentoku

Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 28.6 cm

Nakago: 9.7 cm - Curvature (Sori): 2 mm



Shobu Tsukuri blade, Mune Hikushi, Notare temper line.

Nakago Funa Gata (boat hull), Kata Yamagata (asymmetrical), signed.
Yojo-Habaki in copper covered with silver.
Wooden Saya, covered in textured red lacquer.

Koigushi and Kurigata in buffalo horn.

Kogatana with iron Kotsuka engraved with foliage and geometric motifs in copper enhanced with gold; blade signed.

Wooden Tsuka, covered in shagreen and braided with lacquered green silk.

Kawari Gata openwork tsuba, in sentoku engraved with an eagle overlooking pine branches and sparrows.

Copper menuki representing a heron and a turtle, enhanced with gold.

Fuchi in buffalo horn, Kachira in copper covered with shakudo, decorated with a pine tree in gold and copper, plum blossoms in silver.
Seppa in gilded copper.



Very good condition.



Reference : 5320



Text and photos © FCP CORIDON