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

Name: Sword Called Wakizashi - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
SKU: 1688004
Price: 880 EUR
Availability: InStock

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Object description :

"Sword Called Wakizashi - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)"

SABRE known as Wakizashi
Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, shagreen, iron, gold, horn
Nagasa: 51.7; Nakago: 14.2 cm
Sori: 1.5 cm
(Missing)
 
Kata shinogi blade, mune hikushi.
Nakago funa gata and kiri or kaku ichi monji.
Habaki in copper covered with silver.
Saya in wood covered with black lacquer.
Koi guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Tsuka ito in wood, covered with shagreen, braided with black silk.
Fuchi and kashira in copper chiselled with flowers enhanced with gold.
Menuki in copper, representing four gilded shishi.
Tsuba iri mokko in iron.
Seppa in chiselled copper.

The holes in the tsuka ito do not match the holes in the nakago.

Ref.: 6645

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

Price: 880 €