Important Japanese Swords and Armour from the Paul L. Davidson Collection
Important Japanese Swords and Armour from the Paul L. Davidson Collection
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Description
A Hamabe School wakizashi
Signed Toshizane
Edo period, 19th century
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, tori-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: almost muji-hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha into ko-choji gunome in fine ji-nie, bright nioiguchi, many ashi,
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru boshi with turnback
Nakago [tang]: Ubu nakago, single mekugi-ana
Habaki [collar]: double-clad, gold on shakudo
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki inscription
Koshirae [mount]: fine same-gawa koshirae, shakudo fuchi-kashira, finely carved with crashing waves, inlaid copper-gilt spray, the shakudo menuki in the form of a coiled-dragon suken, gilt details, the circular tsuba pierced with two three-clawed dragons, one grasping the sacred pearl, among tempestuous waters, gilt details
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 55.4 cm., 21⅞ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.2 cm., ⅞ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3 cm., 1⅛ in.
Art of the Samurai: The Paul L. Davidson Collection (New York, 2023), p. 62.
