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SWORDS AND OTHER WEAPONRY
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Lot 182*
A shinto o-wakizashi By Yasutsugu, 18th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £7,000
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By Yasutsugu, 18th century
The unusually broad thick blade of shinogizukuri form, with o-gissaki, notare-ha of nioi with nie, mokume-hada, elaborate horimono on one side of Marishiten on a wild boar beneath a very broad hi, the other side with suken and bonji, the ubu nakago with aoi-mon, sujikai yasurime and one mekugi-ana, signed Nanban tetsu o motte Bushu Edo ni oite Echizen Yasutsugu; with fabric bag. The blade 45cm (17¾in) long. (3).
The unusually broad thick blade of shinogizukuri form, with o-gissaki, notare-ha of nioi with nie, mokume-hada, elaborate horimono on one side of Marishiten on a wild boar beneath a very broad hi, the other side with suken and bonji, the ubu nakago with aoi-mon, sujikai yasurime and one mekugi-ana, signed Nanban tetsu o motte Bushu Edo ni oite Echizen Yasutsugu; with fabric bag. The blade 45cm (17¾in) long. (3).
Footnotes
Provenance: Okano Taromatsu collection.
Accompanied by a NBTHK certificate, dated 6th March, Showa 24 (1949).
Okano Taromatsu's collection of Japanese art included masterpieces registered as National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties. For his collection of swords, see Okano Taromatsu, Bizan aito zufu, Kyoto, 1958.
























