Sabre Called Katana Signed Hizen (no) Kuni Tadayoshi -fujishiro, Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)

SABRE called Katana, signed Hizen (no) Kuni Tadayoshi
Fujishiro, Japan
Edo period (1603–1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, gold, shakudo, iron, silver
Nagasa: 69.9 cm; Nakago: 19.9 cm
Sori: 1.5 cm
(Minor damage to the saya)


Blade of the kata shinogi tsukuri type, mune hikushi, hamon of the ito suguha type.
Boshi of the o maru type.
Nakago funa gata and ha hagari kuri jiri, signed Hizen (no) Kuni Tadayoshi (died 1859).
Gilded copper yujo-habaki, chiselled.
Wooden saya covered in twisted black lacquer.
Chiselled iron kojiri featuring an Oni head and an arrow on one side, engraved with migi mitsu tomo-yé, a triple (tomo-yé) pattern turning to the left (hidari), jô-mon (main crest) of the Funa-koshi, Hashi-moto, Hiji-kata, Ita-kura of An-naka and Niwa-sé; Ko-baya-kawa, Ku-ki of Aya-bé, Miya-nari, O-gura, Oka-bé, Ô-ki, Ô-miya, Shô-taï, Ume-zono, Yama-moto; and the kaye-mon (secondary crest) of the Ari-me of Ku-ru-mé and Fuki-age, Ita-kura of Fuku-shima.
Kuri gata engraved with two silver cranes, with a tree in the foreground, all highlighted with gold.
Koi guchi in black lacquered buffalo horn.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with brown silk.
Brass menuki depicting floral motifs.
Openwork iron tsuba shin no maru gata depicting the stormy sea.
Fuchi in copper overlaid with shakudo, chiselled with two mice and two clams, accented with gold.
Kashira in copper overlaid with shakudo, engraved with a mouse and three clams, accented with gold.
Seppa in chiselled copper and brass.

Ref.: 7110

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