SABER called Katana, signed
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, copper, horn, gold, shakudo
Nagasa: 61.3; Nakago: 13.8 cm
Sori: 1.7 cm
(Old accident)

Shinogi tsukuri type blade, mune hikushi, suguha hotsure type hamon.
Yaki zume type boshi.
Nakago funa gata et ha hagari kuri jiri.
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in silver-covered copper, chased with a fenced bamboo field.
Saya made of wood covered with fluted black lacquer.
Silver kojiri, depicting a chrysanthemum.
Kuri gata and koi guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen, braided with green silk and brass wires.
Menuki depicting two figures in copper covered with brass.
Kashira in copper covered with silver, chased with a chrysanthemum.
Fuchi decorated in suite.
Tsuba kiku gata in copper covered with shakudo and remnants of gilding.
Copper sekigane.
Seppa in gilded and silvered copper, chiseled.

Ref.: 6922

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