SABER called Wakizashi
Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, shakudo, gold, brass, silver, bone
Nagasa: 33; Nakago: 11 cm
Sori: 1 cm

Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Gunome type Hamon.
Kaeri Fukashi type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri.
Copper habaki covered with shakudo.
Saya made of wood covered with black and red lacquer, with raised ribbing.
Iron kojiri, chiseled with the Tsuchinoko serpent highlighted in gold.
Kuri Gata in bone.
Koi Guchi made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen.
Kogatana with silver Kotsuka, chiseled with two men, one of whom is a samurai, all enhanced with shakudo, gold and silver.
A copper menuki covered with shakudo depicting a rooster next to a den-den daiko, all enhanced with gold.
Tsuba Naga Maru Gata in iron, chiseled with three fans with gold decorations.
Fuchi and Kashira in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with foliate motifs.
Seppa in copper covered with silver leaf; and brass.

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