Sabre Called Wakizashi - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)

SABRE known as Wakizashi
Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, shakudo, gold, brass, silver, bone
Nagasa: 33 cm; Nakago: 11 cm
Sori: 1 cm


Shinogi Tsukuri blade, Mune Hikushi, Gunome-style Hamon.
Kaeri Fukashi-style Boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri.
Copper Habaki covered with shakudo.
Wooden Saya covered with black and red lacquer, ribbed in relief.
Iron kojiri, chiselled with a Tsuchinoko snake embellished with gold.
Kuri Gata made of bone.
Koi Guchi made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Tsuka ito made of wood, covered with shagreen.
Kogatana with silver Kotsuka, chiselled with two men, one of whom is a samurai, all enhanced with shakudo, gold and silver.
Menuki in copper covered with shakudo representing a rooster next to a den-den daiko, all enhanced with gold.
Iron Naga Maru Gata tsuba, engraved with three fans with gold decoration.
Copper fuchi and kashira covered with shakudo, engraved with leaf motifs.
Copper seppa covered with silver leaf; and brass.

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