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A TantoSigned Bushu ..., Dated 1657
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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Signed Bushu ..., Dated 1657
Signed Bushu ..., Dated 1657
The hira-zukuri blade with one mekugi-ana, notare-midare hamon of nie, the fully bound tsuka with shakudo ishime fuchi-kashira decorated with an insect, a bird and leaves and tendrils in shakudo, copper and gold, signed Masanaga saku, soft-metal menuki in the form of hats, and oval yamagane tsuba decorated with soft-metal birds, leaves and tendrils, in its red and black speckled lacquer saya with ribbed upper section (urugawara missing) complete with shakudo nanako kodzuka decorated in soft-metals with two figures in a landscape
26.6 cm. blade
26.6 cm. blade








