SABER called Katana signed Hizen Kuni (No) Ju Mutsu (No) Kami Tadayoshi - Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)

SABER called Katana signed Hizen Kuni (No) Ju Mutsu (No) Kami Tadayoshi
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
17th century
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, gold, copper, shakudo
Nagasa: 71; Nakago: 21 cm
Sori: 2.6 cm

Kata Shinogi type blade, Mune Hikushi, Chu Suguha type tempering line.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri (“irregular U”), signed Hizen Kuni (No) Ju Mutsu (No) Kami Tadayoshi.
Etchu-kise-habaki in copper covered with gold.
Wooden saya, covered with golden marbled lacquer.
Kojiri and Sei in copper covered with shakudo and enhanced with gold; engraved with leafy motifs.
Koi guchi and Kuri gata decorated as a suite.
Copper Shitodome.
Wooden tsuka, covered with shagreen, braided with black silk.
Menuki representing two shakudo kakemono with golden pompoms.
Copper fuchi covered with shakudo and enhanced with gold; engraved with leafy motifs.
Kashira decorated en suite.
Full copper Tsuba Shin No Maru Gata covered with shakudo with gold edges.
Seppa in gilded copper chiseled in crenellations on the sides.

Ref.: 5990

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