TANTO - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1910)

SO MUCH
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1910)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, brass, iron
Long. total: 31.1; Long. blade: 20.5 cm

Single-edged blade with a median ridge on the spine.
Copper Yuo-habaki.
Wooden scabbard (saya), black and red lacquered in relief (old accident)
Koigushi, Kojiri and buffalo horn tsuba.
Kozuka in iron decorated with geometric patterns in copper and signed Kogatana.
Wooden tsuka, covered with shagreen and braided with green silk.
Menuki representing two copper turtles with golden shells.

Fuchi Kashira en suite, in copper, engraved with Oxalis flowers.
Copper Seppa Dai.

Good condition. Blade attached to the tsuka.

Ref.: 5254

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