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Lot 1A*

A Shin-Shinto katana
By Sa Yasuchika, dated 1869

11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Shin-Shinto katana

By Sa Yasuchika, dated 1869
The blade of shinogi-zukuri form, shallow zori, sugu-ba of nie with indistinct sunagashi and itame-hada; the ubu-nakago signed and dated Chikuzen no kuni ju Sa Yasuchika saku, Meiji ni-nen hachi gatsuhi (August 1869); with koshirae: the saya of Negoro lacquer; the Mito tsuba of iron, with a tiger and dragon among clouds; the fuchi-gashira and kojiri of copper, engraved with o-mon, unsigned. The blade 81.1cm (31 7/8in) long.

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刀 銘筑前国住左安近作 附 朱色塗鞘打刀拵 明治2年(1869年)

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