The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of a Gentleman
Lot Closed
May 11, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
A Wakizashi
Signed Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, very shallow sori
Kitae [forging pattern]: Very tight jihada, itame and mokume
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Irregular gunome in nie, almost reaching the shinogi, with yakidashi
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru, with a long kaeri
Nakago [tang]: Iriyamagata, kesho-yasuri, with one mekugi-ana, signed Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro
Habaki [collar]: Copper-gilt
Koshirae [mount]: Black lacquer saya, the shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira inlaid with gold and silver inlays, each decorated with karashishi and peonies, the fuchi signed Efu ju Masashige, the kozuka with a spiny lobster (ise ebi)
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 53.2 cm., 21 in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.1 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.1 cm., 1¼ in.
The koshirae: 71 cm., 28 in.