The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
Property from a Private Collector
A Wakizashi | Signed Hishu ju Seuhide saku | Dated Bunmei sannen hachigatsu hi (A day in August 1471)
Lot Closed
May 11, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collector
A Wakizashi
Signed Hishu ju Seuhide saku
Dated Bunmei sannen hachigatsu hi (A day in August 1471)
Sugata [configuration]: Hon-zukuri, iori-mune, bohi to both sides, ko-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]:
Omokume-hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Very narrow suguha in ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: Ubu, one mekugi-ana, ha-agiri jiri, yoko yasurime, the omote signed Hishu ju Suehide saku (made by Suehide from Hizen Province), the ura
Dated Bunmei sannen hachigatsu hi (A day in August 1471)
Nagasa [kissaki to machi]: 53.5 cm., 21 in.
Habaki [collar]: Gold
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki inscription by Yoshikawa Kyoen
Sori [curvature]: 0.6 cm., ¼ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.9 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.8 cm., 1¼ in.