SABER called Wakizashi signed Igano Kami Kinmichi
Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, copper, horn, shakudo, brass, gold

Nagasa: 44.1; Nakago: 12.6 cm
Sori: 1.3 cm


Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Takashi, Gunome type tempering line.
Kaeri Tsuyoshi type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kata Yamagata, signed “Bizen Osafune jū”.
Etchu-kise-habaki in copper, chiseled with lines.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen, braided with a brown silk ito.
Kogatana with copper Kotsuka engraved with a praying mantis, a symbol of wisdom and good luck; and two other insects.
Brass menuki depicting a fan decorated with half of the rising sun.
Tsuba Shi No Maru Gata in iron, openwork with geometric patterns and chiseled with leaves and fruits enhanced with shakudo with gold branches.
Copper sekigane.
Fuchi and Kashira in brass covered with shakudo.
Seppa made of copper and brass.

Ref.: 6391

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