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Lot 56
An AikuchiSigned Toshinaga, Shin-Shinto
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Signed Toshinaga, Shin-Shinto
Signed Toshinaga, Shin-Shinto
The hira-zukiri blade (some surface rust and staining) with two mekugi-ana chiselled on the omote with a horimono of Fudo standing on a rock amidst flames and on the ura with bonji, notare hamon, the tsuka bound with baleen (damaged), shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with shi-shi with gold and shakudo details, and shibuichi menuki in the form of butterflies with gilt details, in its gold nashiji lacquered saya decorated in gold lacquer with flowers and with shibuichi kurikata, uragawara, and kojiri and kodzuka decorated with shi-shi en suite with the tsuka, the latter signed Naomasa with kakihan
17.8 cm. blade
17.8 cm. blade








