Japanese SABER, Tanto
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, brass, shakudo, gold, copper, silver, iron, sentoku
Cutting edge length (Nagasa): 28.6 cm
Nakago: 9.7 cm - Curvature (Sori): 2 mm

Shobu Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Notare type quenching line.
Nakago of the Funa Gata (boat hull) type, Kata Yamagata (asymmetrical), signed.
Yojo-Habaki in silver-coated copper

Wooden saya, covered with textured red lacquer.
Koigushi and Kurigata in buffalo horn.
Kogatana with iron Kotsuka engraved with foliate and geometric patterns in copper enhanced with gold; signed blade.
Wooden tsuka, covered with shagreen and braided with lacquered black green silk.
Openwork Kawari Gata Tsuba, in sentoku engraved with an eagle overlooking pine branches and sparrows.
Copper menuki representing a heron and a turtle, enhanced with gold.
Buffalo horn fuchi, copper kachira covered with shakudo, decorated with a gold and copper pine, silver plum blossoms

Seppa in gilded copper.

Very good condition.

Ref.: 5320

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