A Daisho
The Katana, Unsigned, Shinto
The Katana, Unsigned, Shinto
The blade with two mekugi-ana, notare-midare hamon
The Wakizashi, Signed Nanto ju Fujiwara Shigefusa, Dated 1714
The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon
The Koshirae
The tsuka wrapped in same (never bound) each with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with two figures and a Shimenawa in soft-metals, the menuki in the form of Takaramono on a raft, signed Goto, the rectangular iron tsuba decorated with gold fern leaves and flying fish and shells in soft-metals and signed Yasuchika in gold on the reverse, in their roughened black lacquer saya inset with scrolling shakudo kojiri, and complete with fine shakudo-nanako kodzuka with figures and Shimenawa en suite with the tsuba (2)
50.6 cm. and 39.7 cm. blades
The Wakizashi, Signed Nanto ju Fujiwara Shigefusa, Dated 1714
The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon
The Koshirae
The tsuka wrapped in same (never bound) each with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with two figures and a Shimenawa in soft-metals, the menuki in the form of Takaramono on a raft, signed Goto, the rectangular iron tsuba decorated with gold fern leaves and flying fish and shells in soft-metals and signed Yasuchika in gold on the reverse, in their roughened black lacquer saya inset with scrolling shakudo kojiri, and complete with fine shakudo-nanako kodzuka with figures and Shimenawa en suite with the tsuba (2)
50.6 cm. and 39.7 cm. blades
Sold for
£3,250
inc. premium
Category: Arms and Armour
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