The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of an English Collector
Lot Closed
May 11, 02:52 PM GMT
Estimate
3,500 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of an English Collector
A Shinto katana
Signed Iga no kami Fujiwara Sadatsugu
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, very shallow tori-zori almost mu-zori, iori-mune, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Muji-hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Gunome midare with long yakidashi, some ashi
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with kaeri
Nakago [tang]: Ubu, kengyo-jiri, osujikai yasuri, with one mekugi-ana, the katana-mei signed Iga no kami Fujiwara Sadatsugu
Habaki [collar]: Silver
Koshirae [mount]: The koshirae of red and black lacquer, with fuchi-kashira and menuki, green ito, iron mokko-gata tsuba
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 75.2 cm., 29⅝ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.2 cm., 1¼ in.
The koshirae: 104 cm., 41 in.