Wakizashi sword with certificate
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, gold, shakudo
Nagasa: 48.5; Nakago: 12.1 cm
Sori: 1.3 cm
(Minor imperfections on the saya)

Kata shinogi type blade, mune takashi, chu suguha type hamon.
Kaeri asashi type boshi.
Nakago funa gata et ha hagari kuri jiri.
Etchu-kise-habaki made of copper covered with gold leaf.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer.
Kuri gata made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled copper shitodome.
Purple silk sageo.
Kotsuka in shakudo and gold, engraved with two horsemen galloping towards a stormy sea.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk.
Menuki depicting flower-covered carts.
Tsuba naga maru gata in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with a tiger drinking at the edge of a river at the foot of a bamboo, all enhanced with gold.
Fuchi in shakudo carved with a tiger under bamboo, highlighted with gold.
Kashira in shakudo, engraved with a panther in a bamboo forest.
Seppa in chiseled copper, covered with gold leaf.

Certificate.

Ref.: 7355

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