KNIFE called Tanto - Japan - Edo period (1603-1868) - 18th century

KNIFE called Tanto
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
18th century
Steel, iron, wood, lacquer, gold, copper, silver, brass, horn, shibuichi, shagreen, shakudo
Nagasa: 22.3; Nakago: 10.1 cm

Hira Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Toran type tempering line.
Midare Komi type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kuri Jiri or Hira Yamagata.
Copper yujo-habaki covered with shibuichi.
Saya in curved wood, covered with red and black lacquer, ringed.
Kuri Gata and Koi guchi in buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass Shitodome.
Signed wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen, braided with a leather Ito.
Hamidashi iron tsuba decorated with leafy motifs and a bird of prey enhanced with gold and silver; Sekigane in copper.
Menuki representing two golden buffaloes.
Copper fuchi carved with sunflowers enhanced with gold on a shakudo background.
Openwork Kashira in suite.
Seppa in gilded copper, signed and chiseled.

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