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Lot 135

A two mounted wakizashi (short swords)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century

16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A two mounted wakizashi (short swords)

Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
The first with shinogi-zukuri blade, gunome ha of nioi with profuse nie and distinct sunagashi, indistinct itame hada, the ubu nakago with katte-sagari yasuri and one mekugi-ana, unsigned; the saya of black ishime lacquer with large diagonal kojiri, iron tsuba with a relief design of pine trees, signed Yamashiro no kuni no ju, Umetada Yoshimitsu, kozuka of shakudo with a dragon in relief, the kogatana inscribed Nagamune, the Mino fuchigashira with a bird and plum blossom in gilt-metal relief, gilt-metal menuki of running shishi; the second with a shinogi-zukuri blade with medium suguba of nioi and nie with some sunagashi, tight mokume hada, the ubu nakago with o-sujikai yasuri, inscribed Washu no kami Kunisada; the saya of shuroke-nuri, with a Nanban iron tsuba, iron kozuka and fuchigashira with dragon designs; with a silk bag and a brocade bag. The first blade: 51.4cm (20¼in) long, the first total length: 70.1cm (27 5/8in) long; the second blade: 37.5cm (14¾in) long, the second total length: 60.6cm (23 7/8in). (5).

Footnotes

The first with NBTHK Tokubetsu kicho paper for the blade, dated Showa 55 (1980), and Hozon paper for the koshira-e, also dated Showa 55.

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