Saber Called Itomaki-no-tachi - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868) - 18th Century

SABRE known as Itomaki-no-tachi
Japan, Edo period (1603–1868)
18th century
Steel, wood, copper, shakudo, sentoku, brass, leather
Nagasa: 66.9 cm; Nakago: 15.1 cm
Sori: 2.8 cm


Shinogi tsukuri blade, mune hikushi, juka choji hamon.
Ko maru boshi.
Funa gata nakago and ha hagari kuri jiri.
Yujo-habaki in gilded copper, chiselled with lines.
Saya in wood covered with black lacquer with red patterns and blue silk with yellow floral patterns.
Shiba biki, ichizuki, sei, ama oi and ashi kanamono – with stylised hearts, in shakudo with gold edges, chiselled with foliage.
Gold chiselled obi tori.
Sageo in braided silk, white, pink, green and purple; leather insert with gold mon representing a crane.
Koi guchi in shakudo with gold-edged, chiselled scrollwork.
Tsuka ito in wood, covered with shagreen, braided with beige silk.
Fuchi and kabuto gane in copper covered with shakudo with gold-edged, chiselled scrollwork.
Saru te depicting a knot in shakudo and gold, chiselled in sequence.
Gilded menuki depicting foliage motifs.
Mokko Gata tsuba, openwork with hearts and chiselled lines in the centre – gilded; sentoku edges.
Brass sekigane.
Brass ōseppa covered in shakudo, chiselled with foliage motifs.
Four gilded and chiselled brass seppa.

Ref.: 6568

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