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Lot 9*

A Shinto katana
By Mutsu Miyoshi Nagamichi Toshiro, dated Kanbun 10 (1670)

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

£25,000 - £30,000

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A Shinto katana

By Mutsu Miyoshi Nagamichi Toshiro, dated Kanbun 10 (1670)
The blade of shinogi-zukuri, of shallow zori, medium notare-ha of nie and nioi with sunagashi, itame-hada, the ubu-nakago with kiri-yasuri and one mekugi-ana, signed and dated Mutsu no daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi, Toshiro, Kanbun ju kanoe-inu nen ni gatsuhi (February 1670), in shirasaya; with koshirae: black lacquered ribbed saya; the fittings of shakudo, the tsuba of mokko form, carved and inlaid with the Omi Hakkei (the Eight Views of Lake Biwa); the fuchi-gashira similarly decorated with temple scenes; the associated kurikata inlaid with a straw hat and kiku bloom; and the kojiri of copper, in the form of a kiku bloom, unsigned. The blade 69.9cm (27½in) long. (4).

Footnotes

刀 銘陸奥大掾三善長道 藤四郎 附 蝋色塗地沢潟文蒔絵畝刻鞘打刀拵 寛文10年(1670年)

With NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate for the blade and NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate for the koshirae.

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