Sword called Katana, signed Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi, with certificate - Chikuzen Province, Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)

Frédéric Coridon

Description

Sword called a Katana, signed Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi, with certificate
Chikuzen Province, Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
18th century
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, gold, shakudo, iron
Nagasa: 67.6; Nakago: 18.5 cm
Sori: 1.4 cm
(Minor damage to the saya)

Shinogi tsukuri type blade, mune hikushi, chu suguha type hamon.
Yaki zume type boshi.
Nakago funa gata et ha hagari kuri jiri, signed Hizen kuni Tadayohi (肥前国忠吉).
Gilded copper habaki, chiseled.
Saya made of wood covered with brown lacquer.
Kojiri, kuri gata, koi guchi in brown lacquered wood.
Black silk sageo.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk.
Gold menuki, representing the dragon Ryū.
Openwork iron tsuba mokko gata, chiseled with a gourd enhanced with copper and gold; a bundle of straw with silver flowers is decorated on the reverse.
Copper sekigane.
Fuchi and kashira in shakudo, signed Kikuoka Mitsuyuki (菊岡光行), carved with a tree with gold and copper leaves; engraved with three gilded deer.
Seppa in chiseled copper.