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A KatanaSigned Hitachi Kuni Mito ju Tokumune, Dated 1829
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,640 inc. premium
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Signed Hitachi Kuni Mito ju Tokumune, Dated 1829
Signed Hitachi Kuni Mito ju Tokumune, Dated 1829
The blade with two mekugi-ana, notare-midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with peonies in gold and silver, shakudo and gold floral menuki, and circular iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with flowering branches, in its black lacquered saya complete with shakudo-nanako kodzuka and kogai each decorated with different leaves and flowers in soft-metals
65 cm. blade
65 cm. blade








