MEI: BIZEN KUNI JU TADAMITSU, MUROMACHI PERIOD C.1500; MUMEI, 20TH CENTURY; MEI: KANESHIKI, DATED 1941; MEI: KODZUKE NO KAMI FUJIWARA JUMYO, EDO PERIOD 17TH CENTURY; MEI: KAZUSADA (OF IWAMI PROVINCE), MUROMACHI PERIOD 15TH CENTURY; MEI: IWAMI NO KAMI KUNISUKE, EDO PERIOD 17TH CENTURY
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TWO WAKIZASHI AND TWO KATANA IN MILITARY MOUNTS
The first blade honzukuri, iorimune, koshi zori with chugissaki, tsukare itamehada with mokume, suguha hamon of nioi, hakikake boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Bizen no kuni no ju Tadamitsu, circa 1500, 23in. (59.5cm.); in a service mounting with a silver mon on the tsuka, with red Field Officer's tassel; the second blade honzukuri, iorimune, koshi zori with chugissaki, ko-itamehada with ji-nie, hamon is midare of nioi, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mumei, 20th Century, 25in. (63.6cm.); in a kyo-gunto mounting, the tsuka inlaid with a silver mon, 20th century; the third blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with extended chugissaki, ko-itamehada with ji-nie, hamon is gunome togari of nioi with ashi, ko-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Kaneshiki, Dated 1941, 26in. (65.3cm.); in a service mounting with two ashi, with red Field Officer's tassel, 20th century; the fourth blade honzukuri, iorimune, shallow torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada, wide gunome hamon with ko-nie, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Kozuke no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo, 17th century, 23in. (58.8cm.); in its black lacquer saya with a leather service cover (not removed), shakudo fuchi-kashira carved with dragons and waves, iron tsuba, copper menuki depicting a dragon and clouds, with red zigzag tassel of General Officer and documentation, 19th century (4)
The first blade honzukuri, iorimune, koshi zori with chugissaki, tsukare itamehada with mokume, suguha hamon of nioi, hakikake boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Bizen no kuni no ju Tadamitsu, circa 1500, 23in. (59.5cm.); in a service mounting with a silver mon on the tsuka, with red Field Officer's tassel; the second blade honzukuri, iorimune, koshi zori with chugissaki, ko-itamehada with ji-nie, hamon is midare of nioi, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mumei, 20th Century, 25in. (63.6cm.); in a kyo-gunto mounting, the tsuka inlaid with a silver mon, 20th century; the third blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with extended chugissaki, ko-itamehada with ji-nie, hamon is gunome togari of nioi with ashi, ko-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Kaneshiki, Dated 1941, 26in. (65.3cm.); in a service mounting with two ashi, with red Field Officer's tassel, 20th century; the fourth blade honzukuri, iorimune, shallow torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada, wide gunome hamon with ko-nie, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Kozuke no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo, 17th century, 23in. (58.8cm.); in its black lacquer saya with a leather service cover (not removed), shakudo fuchi-kashira carved with dragons and waves, iron tsuba, copper menuki depicting a dragon and clouds, with red zigzag tassel of General Officer and documentation, 19th century (4)