SABER called Katana signed Tango no Kami Fujiwara Shigetsune and Echizen Oite Toyohara with Tokubetsu Hozon certificate
Echizen Province, Japan
Edo period (1660-1680)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, gold, silver
Nagasa: 61.8; Nakago: 16.6 cm
Sori: 0.7 cm

Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Chu Suguha type Hamon.
Kaeri Asashi type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kata Yamagata, signed Tango no Kami Fujiwara Shigetsune and Echizen Oite Toyohara (丹後守藤原重常/越前於豊原).
Yujo-habaki in gilded copper.
Saya made of wood covered with fluted black lacquer.
Kojiri made of iron decorated with motifs highlighted with gold
Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass shitodome.
Green silk sageo.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with blue silk.
Menuki in shakudo.
Tsuba Shin No Maru Gata in iron, chiseled with two horses, one enhanced with brass, lying on the bank of a river; edges in shakudo.
Fuchi and Kashira made of iron decorated with silver leaf motifs.
Seppa in chiseled gilt copper.

Ref.: 6442

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