"Wakizashi Saber - Japan - Kindai Period (1868-1945)"
Wakizashi SaberJapan, Kindai period (1868-1945)
Steel, wood, iron, lacquer, silk, copper, gold
Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 48.5 cm
Nakago: 10.6 cm - Curvature, (Sori): 2.3 cm
(Old damage)
Shobu Tsukuri blade, Mune Hikushi, Kawazu Choji temper line. Nakago type Funa Gata, Kiri or Ichi Monji (truncated)
Habaki in copper.
Wooden scabbard (saya), covered in black lacquer and decorated with a red Ryû.
Buffalo horn koigushi.
Wooden tsuka, covered in shagreen and braided with silk.
Tsuba Shin No Maru Gata in openwork iron representing two Ryû and carved with geometric motifs.
Menuki representing a bouquet of flowers and an anthropomorphic figure.
Fuchi in copper decorated with geometric motifs enhanced with gold.
Kashira in copper chased with foliage motifs.
Seppa in copper.
Ref : 5725
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