KNIFE called Aikushi, signed Kadomatsu saku kore - Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)

KNIFE called Aikushi, signed Kadomatsu saku kore
Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silver
Nagasa: 51.7; Nakago: 14.2 cm
(Old restoration)

Kata kiri ha type blade, mune hikushi, ito suguha type hamon.
Ko maru type boshi.
Nakago funa gata and kiri or kaku ichi monji, signed "Kadomatsu saku kore" (made by Kadomatsu) on one panel and marked "Jō-saku" (superior quality work) on the second panel.
Habaki made of copper covered with silver.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer, decorated with three lozenges with golden leaf motifs.
Kuri gata and Koi guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with black lacquer, decorated with two lozenges with golden leaf motifs.
Silver mekugi.

Ref.: 6686

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