Japanese sword, Katana
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, silver, lacquer, silk
Cutting edge length, (Nagasa): 61.9 cm
Nakago: 14 cm - Curvature, (Sori): 1.8 cm
(Slight restoration of the kojiri)
Torii Zori type blade, regular and straight hamon.
Nakago signed on one side.
Habaki in chased silver, representing a hedge and its first inches of bamboo.
Sheath (saya) in wood, black lacquered, in relief.
Silver kojiri, representing a sunflower.
Tsuka made of wood, covered with shagreen and braided with green silk.
Menuki representing two figures in copper and brass.
Tsuba Otafuku Gata, in silver, chiseled with scrolls.
Fushi-Kashira en suite, in silver, chiselled with a sunflower.
Very good state.
Ref. : 3920
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