Daisho with certificate: Katana signed Nōshū Ju Ju and Wakizashi signed Echizen-ju

Daisho with certificate: Katana signed Nōshū Ju Ju and Wakizashi signed Echizen-ju
Noshu Province, Japan
Katana – Kanbun period (1661-1673)
Wakizashi – Enpō period (1673-1681)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, shakudo, gold, silk
Katana – Nagasa: 66.2; Nakago: 21.7; Sori: 1.6 cm
(Restoration)
Wakizashi–Nagasa: 47; Nakago: 12.4; Sori: 1.4 cm

Katana with Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Midare-komi type Hamon.
Kaeri Asashi type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kiri or Kaku Ichi Monki, signed Nōshū Ju Ju (濃州住寿) (signature cut off), attributed to Nōshū Jumyō (濃州寿命).
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in gilded copper and covered with a sheet of silver chiseled with geometric patterns.
Saya made of wood covered with black sandblasted lacquer.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass shitodome.
Green silk sageo.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk.
Brass menuki depicting the dragon Ryū.
Tsuba Naga Maru Gata in iron, carved with a wild goose — migratory bird and symbol of return and fidelity; in shakudo descending the bay of Katada where there is a trunk and bamboos, enhanced with gold and shakudo.
Fuchi in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with a samurai holding a fan, next to his golden kabuto; his katana in a raging sea with spray of gold and silver; all enhanced with gold, silver and shibuichi; signed Motoyoshi (元義).
Kashira made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Seppa in gilded copper.

Wakizashi with Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Mimi Gata type Hamon.
Ko Maru type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kiri or Kaku Ichi Monki, Echizen-ju (越前住) (signature cut off), attributed to Echizen Yamato no Kami Masanori (2nd generation) (越前大和掾正則).
Daitsuki-niju-habaki covered with shakudo and silver leaf, the tut chiseled with geometric patterns.
Saya made of wood covered with black sandblasted lacquer.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Green silk sageo.
Kogatana with iron Kotsuka, chiseled with a landscape enhanced with gold, signed blade.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk.
Brass menuki depicting the dragon Ryū.
Tsuba Naga Maru Gata in iron, carved with a wild goose — migratory bird and symbol of return and fidelity; in shakudo descending the bay of Katada where there is a trunk and bamboos, enhanced with gold and shakudo.
Fuchi in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with a horseman in front of a raging sea with gold and silver spray; all enhanced with gold, silver and shibuichi; signed Motoyoshi (元義).
Kashira made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Copper seppa.

Ref.: 6407

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