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An aikuchi tanto with ebi-kizami koshirae [sword mount in the form of a crayfish] | Signed Iwato Minamoto Kiyotaka | Edo period, 19th century
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November 2, 02:43 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Property from an American Collection
An aikuchi tanto with ebi-kizami koshirae [sword mount in the form of a crayfish]
Signed Iwato Minamoto Kiyotaka
Edo period, 19th century
Sugata [configuration]: Hira-zukuri, iori-muneKitae [forging pattern]: Ko-itame hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Gunome midare
Nakago [tang]: Kiri-jiri, one mekugi-ana, sujikai yasurime, signed Iwato Minamoto Kiyotaka, and dated Keio yonen haru (Spring, 1868)
Habaki [collar]: Silvered copper
Koshirae [mount]: the ebi-kizami saya in red lacquer imitating the shelled body of a crayfish, the silvered kashira and kojiri carved also in the form of crayfish tails, the menuki of karashishi, the kurikata chased and engraved with a foliate design among stylised cloud scrolls, similarly decorated just above the kojiri, 41 cm., 16 in., long
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 35.5 cm., 13¼ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.3 cm., 1 in.