Wakizashi sword in shirasaya with koshirae and certificate
Japan - Momoyama Period (1573-1600)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, shagreen, gold, sentoku, leather
Nagasa: 30.1; Nakago: 10.8 cm
Sori: 0.5 cm

Wakizashi Kantechō echizen Kanenori.
Kata kiri ha type blade with grooves, mune hikushi, notare type hamon.
Kaeri fukashi type boshi.
Nakago funa gata and kuri jiri or hira yamagata.
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in copper and brass chiseled with lines.
Saya made of wood covered with red lacquer.
Kuri gata and koi guchi in shagreen.
Shitodome made of iron, embellished with gold.
Blue silk sageo.
Kogatana with shagreen kotsuka; chiseled blade of a village on the bank of a river with a watermill, all overlooked by the mountain.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with leather straps.
Fuchi and kashira made of shagreen.
Iron menuki depicting the dragon Ryū, highlighted with gold.
Tsuba shin no maru gata in copper covered with shagreen.
Seppa in chiseled copper.

Ref.: 6590

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