Description
WAKIZASHI with shinogi-zukuri blade, without yokote, gunome hamon, nakago suriage with two mekugi-ana, signed Bishu (no) ju... (the rest of the signature cut off) ; Koshirae with red lacquer tsuishu scabbard with light relief decoration of a dragon, the tsuka made of red tinted same, iron cruciform tsuba inlaid in sentoku with stylized motifs, with very faded signature, Bushu ju Fujiwara Masakatsu (?); iron fuchi and gold nunomezogan, two hanashi-menuki depicting dappled horses, iron kozuka with gold and silver inlays. Japan, 16th century (blade: kizu, scratches and dirt; oxidation on tsuka, gaps in inlays, small cracks in lacquer; scabbard, cracks along the junction, small gaps and restorations, oxidation of kogatana, mekugi reported) L. 35,7 cm
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WAKIZASHI with shinogi-zukuri blade, without yokote, gunome hamon, nakago suriage with two mekugi-ana, signed Bishu (no) ju... (the rest of the signature cut off) ; Koshirae with red lacquer tsuishu scabbard with light relief decoration of a dragon, the tsuka made of red tinted same, iron cruciform tsuba inlaid in sentoku with stylized motifs, with very faded signature, Bushu ju Fujiwara Masakatsu (?); iron fuchi and gold nunomezogan, two hanashi-menuki depicting dappled horses, iron kozuka with gold and silver inlays. Japan, 16th century (blade: kizu, scratches and dirt; oxidation on tsuka, gaps in inlays, small cracks in lacquer; scabbard, cracks along the junction, small gaps and restorations, oxidation of kogatana, mekugi reported) L. 35,7 cm
