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A KatanaSigned Minamoto Kiyomaro, Dated 1850
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£2,800 - £3,400
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Signed Minamoto Kiyomaro, Dated 1850
Signed Minamoto Kiyomaro, Dated 1850
The blade with one mekugi-ana, choji-midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with gilt nanako fuchi-kashira, shakudo and gilt menuki, and circular iron sukashi tsuba pierced as a flower-head with a silver rim, in its black ishime lacquered saya inset with cloud patterns and complete with copper wari-kogai engraved with scrolling foliage
76.3 cm. blade
76.3 cm. blade




