SABER called Itomaki-no-tachi
Japan, Edo Period (1603-1868)
18th century
Steel, wood, copper, shakudo, sentoku, brass, leather
Nagasa: 66.9; Nakago: 6 inches
Sori: 2.8 cm

Shinogi tsukuri type blade, mune hikushi, juka choji type hamon.
Ko maru type boshi.
Nakago funa gata et ha hagari kuri jiri.
Yujo-habaki in gilded copper, chiseled with lines.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer with red patterns and blue silk with yellow floral patterns.
Shiba biki, ichizuki, sei, ama oi and ashi kanamono – with stylized hearts, in shakudo with golden edges, chiseled with scrolls.
Obi tori, gilded and chiseled.
Sageo in braided silk, white, pink, green and purple; leather insert in gold depicting a crane.
Koi guchi in shakudo with gold edges, chiseled with scrolls.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with beige silk.
Fuchi and kabuto gane in copper covered with shakudo with gilded edges, chiseled with scrolls.
Saru te representing a knot in shakudo and gold, chiseled in suite.
Golden menuki depicting leafy patterns.
Tsuba Mokko Gata, openwork with hearts and chiseled with lines in its middle – gilded; sentoku edges.
Brass sekigane.
Ōseppa in brass covered with shakudo, chiseled with scrolls.
Four gilded and chiseled brass seppa.

Ref.: 6568

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