A Bungo Katana

SIGNED BUNGO NO KUNI FUJIWARA SHIGEYUKI, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

Details

A Bungo Katana
Signed Bungo no kuni Fujiwara Shigeyuki, Edo period (17th century)
The configuration honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki and toriizori curvature with bohi ni soehi and marudome carved on both sides; forging pattern itame with jinie, shirake utsuri, suguha of ko-nie with notare by the hamachi, the tip ko-maru boshi; tang ubu with one hole and fitted with a double silvered-copper habaki; in a plain wood scabbard with inscription of presentation
70.8cm.; 3cm. wide at the start of tempered edge; 2.1cm. wide before tip

Exhibited

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, "Shinshun tokubetsu ten, busho to aito ten" (Special New Year's exhibition, warriors and their favorite swords), 2001.1

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, ed., Shinshun tokubetsu ten, busho to aito ten (Special New Year's exhibition, warriors and their favorite swords), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, 2001), no. 6, p. 11.

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