Saber Called Katana Signed Hizen Kuni (no) Ju Mutsu (no) Kami Tadayoshi - Japan - 17th Century

SABER called Katana signed Hizen Kuni (No) Ju Mutsu (No) Kami Tadayoshi
Japan

Edo period (1603-1868)
17th century
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, gold, copper, shakudo
Nagasa: 71 ; Nakago: 21 cm
Sori: 2.6 cm


Kata Shinogi blade, Mune Hikushi, Chu Suguha temper line.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri (‘irregular U’), signed Hizen Kuni (No) Ju Mutsu (No) Kami Tadayoshi.
Etchu-kise-habaki in copper covered with gold.
Wooden Saya, covered with mordoré marbled lacquer.
Kojiri and Sei in copper covered with shakudo and enhanced with gold; engraved with foliage motifs.
Koi guchi and Kuri gata decorated en suite.
Copper shitodome.
Wooden tsuka, covered in shagreen and woven with black silk.
Menuki representing two shakudo kakemono with gold tassels.
Copper fuchi covered in shakudo and enhanced with gold; engraved with foliage motifs.
Kashira decorated en suite.
Solid copper Tsuba Shin No Maru Gata covered with shakudo and gilded borders.
Seppa in gilded copper chiselled into crenellations on the sides.


Reference : 5990

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