Description
Koto wakizashi MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603) Signed (mei): Mihara Masatoshi Blade (sugata): shobu zukuri Forging pattern (hada): itame Temper (hamon): hamon gonome Tip (boshi): yakitsume Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, kurijiri nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, yokoyasuri yasurime Length (nagasa): 37.3 cm Mount (koshira-e): Tsuba: iron nagamaru gata depicting a snake coiled on itself, the scales chiseled and the eye inlaid with gilt copper Fuchi kashira: iron with gilt copper, suaka and shibuichi inlaid decoration of a gadfly (kashira), a and ants (fuchi). Fuchi signed Otsuryken Miboku (Hamano Shozui) followed by kao, at the age of 71 Kojiri : in shibuichi with decoration in katakiri bori and inlay of suaka and gilded copper of a singing bird. Signed Oki Kurikata : in shibuichi in the shape of a snail Kogatana : kozuka in ringed shibuichi, decorated in hira zogan inlay of various brocades and a panel of flowers on a nanako background. Blade signed Kinka Oite Noshu Nagaragawana Fujiwara Kiyonaga Sanroku Menuki : in shibuichi and suaka, one depicting a slug, the other a mukade (scolopendre) Scabbard (saya) : in black and grey polished same, decorated with a snail and a frog in shibuichi, the kurikata depicting a snake coiled up on itself Provenance : collection J. Jacques Reubell, fourth sale, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 21-24 February 1934, n°632
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Koto wakizashi MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603) Signed (mei): Mihara Masatoshi Blade (sugata): shobu zukuri Forging pattern (hada): itame Temper (hamon): hamon gonome Tip (boshi): yakitsume Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, kurijiri nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, yokoyasuri yasurime Length (nagasa): 37.3 cm Mount (koshira-e): Tsuba: iron nagamaru gata depicting a snake coiled on itself, the scales chiseled and the eye inlaid with gilt copper Fuchi kashira: iron with gilt copper, suaka and shibuichi inlaid decoration of a gadfly (kashira), a and ants (fuchi). Fuchi signed Otsuryken Miboku (Hamano Shozui) followed by kao, at the age of 71 Kojiri : in shibuichi with decoration in katakiri bori and inlay of suaka and gilded copper of a singing bird. Signed Oki Kurikata : in shibuichi in the shape of a snail Kogatana : kozuka in ringed shibuichi, decorated in hira zogan inlay of various brocades and a panel of flowers on a nanako background. Blade signed Kinka Oite Noshu Nagaragawana Fujiwara Kiyonaga Sanroku Menuki : in shibuichi and suaka, one depicting a slug, the other a mukade (scolopendre) Scabbard (saya) : in black and grey polished same, decorated with a snail and a frog in shibuichi, the kurikata depicting a snake coiled up on itself Provenance : collection J. Jacques Reubell, fourth sale, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 21-24 February 1934, n°632
