Important Japanese Swords and Armour from the Paul L. Davidson Collection

A wakizashi | Signed with carved crescent moon mark Taikei Naotane and kao [cursive monogram] | Edo period, dated Bunka gonen chushu joku (early in the 8th month 1808)

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A wakizashi

Signed with carved crescent moon mark Taikei Naotane and kao [cursive monogram]

Edo period, dated Bunka gonen chushu joku (early in the 8^th month 1808)

Sugata [configuration]: broad shinogi-zukuri, iori-munei, tori-zori, o-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: flowing itame-hada

Hamon [tempering pattern]: notare-hamon in nioi, fine jinie, chikei, much sunagashi, tobiyaki

Boshi [tip]: hakikake brush style boshi

Nakago [tang]: ha-agari kurijiri, single mekugi-ana, kesho yasurime

Habaki [collar]: single-clad, copper-gilt gold wrapped habaki

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki by Tanobe Michihiro

Koshirae [mount]: red and black kawari-nuri saya, shibuichi, shakudo and soft metal fittings, the fuchi-kashira with strawbales, lotus flower and koi-nobori, signed Inoue Masaji and kao [cursive monogram], the kurikata with poem papers, the kojiri with large blooming chrysanthemums in shakudo and gilt, the menuki in the form of heads of millet (awabo), Ichijo school tsuba of rounded square form, inlaid in gold, silver, hirodo, shibuichi and shakudo, with a gnarled branch of blossoming plum in daylight, the reverse with further plum in moonlight

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 50.2 cm., 9¾ in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.8 cm., 1⅛ in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.5 cm., 1⅜ in.

The blade accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 145045 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 11 (1999).

The koshirae accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu [Sword Mount Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 224731 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 11 (1999).

Art of the Samurai: The Paul L. Davidson Collection (New York, 2023), p. 60 and 68.

Taikei Naotane (1778-1857) was a student of Suishinshi Masahide (died in 1826), the founder of the shinshinto tradition (see Lot 734). Naotane fostered a number of pupils such as Naokatsu and travelled widely across the Japanese, leaving swords with inscriptions including the place names of Sagami, Kyoto and Ise, among others. Known for his superior Bizen-style work, he also specialised in the Soshu tradition.

Another Bunka era wakizashi by Naotane is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1958,0730.12.a-d, go to:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1958-0730-12-a-d

The sayagaki by Tanobe Michihiro has been translated as:

This has a Bunka 5 (1808) nenki, as well as a Gengetsu Mon oshigata.

This is a work of this smith that combines the traditions of the Soshu tradition and the Yamato tradition. The deki is superior.

Confirmed by Tanobe Michihiro during the middle ten days of December, 1999 (kinoto-u sawasu chuin).