Sword called Wakizashi - Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)

Frédéric Coridon

Description

SABER called Wakizashi
Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, gold, shakudo
Nagasa: 39.4; Nakago: 12.2 cm
Sori: 0.9 cm

Hira Tsukuri type blade, Mune Takashi, Hiro Suguha type Hamon.
Yaki Zume type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri.
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in copper.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer and ringed edges.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass shitodome.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with blue silk.
Kogatana with copper Kotsuka, carved with Ashinaga-tenaga in golden robes – a pair of yōkai from Japanese folklore, composed of two complementary beings: Ashinaga-jin (足長人), with disproportionately long legs, and Tenaga-jin (手長人), whose arms are exceptionally long. Their first mention appears in the Japanese encyclopedia Wakan Sansai Zue. When depicted together, they symbolize mutual aid and cooperation, each compensating for the other's limitations with their own abilities.
Iron menuki.
Tsuba Mokko Gata in iron, chiseled with copper plum blossoms highlighted with gold, a bird flying above them; a stream is engraved on the reverse.
Fuchi in copper engraved with a tree and a kakemono enhanced with shakudo and gold.
A copper kashira carved with a Buddha whose earlobe is held by a small man.
Seppa in chased, covered copper.