Details
A shinto tanto
with silk bound shagreen hilt, gilt shakudo nanako tsuba, menuki and fuchi- kashira decorated with chrysanthemums and a gambolling karashishi, the stippled lacquer scabbard decorated in gilt with dragonflies, the blade with choji hamon -- 15in. (38.1cm) long, circa 1750, signed Echizen no kami Sukehiro.
with silk bound shagreen hilt, gilt shakudo nanako tsuba, menuki and fuchi- kashira decorated with chrysanthemums and a gambolling karashishi, the stippled lacquer scabbard decorated in gilt with dragonflies, the blade with choji hamon -- 15in. (38.1cm) long, circa 1750, signed Echizen no kami Sukehiro.