A Chisa-Katana
Signed Kuirhara Kenji Nobuhide..... saku, Dated 1854
Signed Kuirhara Kenji Nobuhide..... saku, Dated 1854
The blade with one mekugi-ana, choji-midare hamon with ashi, mokume hada, chiselled on the omote with a dragon and tama horimono and on the ura with Su Ken and bonji, the tsuka retaining its sentoku fuchi-kashira decorated with a prunus branch with gold details and bamboo, and a pair of shakudo and gilt menuki (ito missing), and shakudo-ishime tsuba decorated in gold with an ox beneath a tree by a stream, in its black ishime lacquered saya
58.3 cm. blade
58.3 cm. blade
Sold for
£3,600
inc. premium
Category: Arms and Armour
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