The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
Property from an Important Private American Collection
Lot Closed
May 10, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private American Collection
A wakizashi
Signed Bungo no kami Minamoto Masatomi (an alternative recorded reading is Masayasu)
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, shallow torii-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Ko itame-hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Broad gunome and choji midare in niedeki
Boshi [tip]: Maru boshi
Nakago [tang]: one mekugi-ana
Habaki [collar]: Copper-gilt
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Koshirae [mount]: the black lacquer saya decorated in gold hiramaki-e with aoi mon [leaves of wild ginger crests]
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 53 cm., 20⅞ in.
Sori [curvature]: 1.2 cm., ½ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.3 cm., ⅞ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.2 cm., 1¼ in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 1017870 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Reiwa 4 (2022); and a further certificate of registration as Kicho Token [Precious Sword], no. 23014, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Showa 32 (1957).