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A Katana
Signed Tsunahiro, Shinto

Antique Arms & Armour

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST

London, Knightsbridge

£650 - £850

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A Katana
Signed Tsunahiro, Shinto

The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, rebound tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira decorated with fishing nets and boats, gold details, shakudo and gold dragon menuki, and iron tsuba chiselled with a landscape, in its black lacquered saya with large iron kojiri
62 cm. blade

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