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A COURT TACHI OF BAKUMATSU KOSHIRAE
KATANA MEI:, SOSHU JU HIROTSUGU SAKU, 16TH CENTURY
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A COURT TACHI OF BAKUMATSU KOSHIRAE
Katana mei:, Soshu ju Hirotsugu saku, 16th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, strong koshi-zori, forging pattern masame, and tempered edge midare with ashi, maru-boshi, tang machi-okuri with three holes, 65.8cm.; encased in lacquer tachi koshirae decorated in hiramakie, nashiji and inlaid aogai with ho-o bird and peonies, with gilt tachi-kanagu lightly engraved, tsuka with gilt ho-o bird menuki with tawara byo, shitogi tsuba (one flange slightly bent), with wood box, late 19th Century
Katana mei:, Soshu ju Hirotsugu saku, 16th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, strong koshi-zori, forging pattern masame, and tempered edge midare with ashi, maru-boshi, tang machi-okuri with three holes, 65.8cm.; encased in lacquer tachi koshirae decorated in hiramakie, nashiji and inlaid aogai with ho-o bird and peonies, with gilt tachi-kanagu lightly engraved, tsuka with gilt ho-o bird menuki with tawara byo, shitogi tsuba (one flange slightly bent), with wood box, late 19th Century