Sword Known As A Wakizashi - Japan - Edo Period (1603–1868)

SWORD known as Wakizashi
Japan
Edo Period (1603–1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, shakudo, silver, copper
Nagasa: 44.6; Nakago: 12.5 cm
Sori: 0.8 cm
(Small kizu on the blade)

Shinogi tsukuri-style blade, mune takashi.
Funa gata nakago and ha hagari kuri jiri.
Gilded copper habaki.
Wooden saya covered in red lacquer, fluted near the hilt.
Kojiri and koi guchi made of buffalo horn.
Kuri-gata made of copper overlaid with shakudo, engraved with a stormy sea.
Kogatana with a kotsuka decorated with the dragon Ryū amidst clouds; the reverse side is gilded; blade signed.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in stingray skin, braided with black silk.
Fuchi and kashira made of copper overlaid with shakudo, engraved with a legendary dragon among plum blossoms, the whole piece accented with gold.
Mokko-gata tsuba made of copper overlaid with shakudo, engraved with a ship at sea, samurai on board, a tsuru (crane) flying over the boat, and a minogame (sea turtle with a seaweed tail) in the sea on one side; a rock is depicted on the other side; the whole piece accented with gold and silver.
Gilded copper seppa, chiseled.

As is, the tsuka ito needs to be rewrapped.

Ref.: 7383

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