SABER called Wakizashi
Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, shagreen, iron, gold, horn
Nagasa: 51.7; Nakago: 14.2 cm
Sori: 1.5 cm
(Lack)


Kata shinogi type blade, mune hikushi.
Nakago funa gata and kiri or kaku ichi monji.
Habaki made of copper covered with silver.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer.
Koi guchi made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk.
Fuchi and kashira in chased copper with flowers highlighted in gold.
Copper menuki, depicting four golden shishi.
Iron tsuba iri mokko.
Seppa in chiseled copper.

The holes in the tsuka ito do not correspond to the holes in the nakago.

Ref.: 6645

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