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Lot 133
A shinshinto tanto blade By Naotoshi, dated 1865
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £2,500
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By Naotoshi, dated 1865
Of slender hirazukuri form with broad sugu-ba of nioi and nie, masame-hada, a broad hi to either side, the ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana and sujikai yasurime, signed and dated Keio gannen chushu Bakushi Shichiroemon Naotoshi kore o tsukuru, (Shichiroemon Naotoshi made this in the mid autumn of 1865) in shirazaya; with fabric bag.
The blade 25.4cm (10in) long. (2).
Of slender hirazukuri form with broad sugu-ba of nioi and nie, masame-hada, a broad hi to either side, the ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana and sujikai yasurime, signed and dated Keio gannen chushu Bakushi Shichiroemon Naotoshi kore o tsukuru, (Shichiroemon Naotoshi made this in the mid autumn of 1865) in shirazaya; with fabric bag.
The blade 25.4cm (10in) long. (2).























