Katana Saber

Japan

Edo period (1603-1868)

Steel, wood, iron, gold, lacquer, silk, brass

Length of the cutting edge, (Nagasa): 70 cm

Nakago: 21.2 cm - Curvature, (Sori): 2 cm

(Old accident)

Torii Zori type blade, regular and straight hamon.

Brass habaki.

Wooden scabbard (saya), black lacquered with mother-of-pearl flakes.

Tsuka made of wood, covered with shagreen and braided with dark silk.

Menuki with shell pattern.

Tsuba Nagamaru gata, iron, openwork.

Fushi-Kashira next; decorated with floral motifs.

Ref. : 4597

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