SABER called Wakizashi

Japan

Edo period (1603-1868)

Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, shakudo, silver, copper

Nagasa: 44.6; Nakago: 12.5 cm

Sori: 0.8 cm

(Small kizu on the blade)

Shinogi tsukuri, mune takashi type blade.

Nakago funa gata et ha hagari kuri jiri.

Gilded copper habaki.

Saya made of wood covered with red lacquer, fluted on the proximal part.

Kojiri, koi guchi in buffalo horn.

Kuri gataen copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with a turbulent sea.

Kogatana with kotsuka decorated with the dragon Ryū through clouds, the reverse is gilded; signed blade.

Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk.

Fuchi and kashira in copper covered with shakudo, engraved with the legendary dragon alongside plum blossoms, all enhanced with gold.

A copper tsuba mokko gata covered with shakudo, chased with a ship at sea, samurai on board, a tsuru (a crane) flying over the boat and a minogame (turtle with an algal tail) in the sea on one side, a rock is depicted on the second side; all enhanced with gold and silver.

Seppa in chiseled gilt copper.

As it stands, the silk needs to be redone on the tsuka ito.

Ref.: 7383

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