Saber Called Itomaki-no-tachi Signed Sukesada With Nbthk Certificate - Japan - 1620

SABER called Itomaki-No-Tachi signed Sukesada with NBTHK certificate
Japan

Edo period (1603-1868)
17th century / 1620
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, shibuichi, copper
Nagasa: 69; Nakago: 20.5 cm
Sori: 3.2 cm


Kata Shinogi blade, Mune Hikushi, Notare temper line.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri, signed Sukesada.
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in copper covered with shibuichi, chiselled with dots on the ends.
Saya in wood, covered with textured black lacquer, covered in the first third with beige silk decorated with floral motifs and woven with beige silk.
Ashi Kanamono – openwork hearts, Ama Oi, Sei, Ichizuki and Shiba Biki in copper covered with shibuichi, repeatedly chiselled with the Ryū dragon in a stormy sea.
Obi Tori engraved with leaf motifs.
Koi Guchi chiselled with a stormy sea.
Sageo braided with beige, brown, blue and green silk.
Tsuba Mokko Gata in iron openwork with hearts, engraved with leaf motifs.
Tsuka in wood, covered with beige silk decorated with floral motifs and braided with beige silk.
Menuki representing two Ryū dragons in copper.
Copper fuchi covered with shibuichi chiselled with Ryū in a stormy sea.
Openwork kashira in a stylised ‘X’ shape, decorated in sequence.
Black lacquered copper seppa.


Ref.: 6239

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