Koto Futomata yari transformed into tanto MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Signed (mei): Sakushu (no) ju Kanemitsu Blade (sugata): futomata yari Temper (hamon): komidare Flare (nakago): suriage keitai, two mekugi ana, takanoha yasurime Length (nagasa): 20.2 cm Mounting (koshira-e): Habaki: with chased hedge decoration Tsuba fuchi kashira kojiri koiguchi: en suite, made of suaka and gilt copper inlaid shibuichi of paulownia leaves in their foliage. The fuchi signed Nagamitsu (Juko) Tomoyoshi. Kogatana and kogai : en suite, kozuka signed Nagamitsu (Juko) Scabbard (saya) : in black ringed leather Provenance : J. Jacques Reubell collection, fourth sale, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 21-24 February 1934, n°670

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