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TWO WAKIZASHI AND A KANEMOTO BLADE IN MILITARY MOUNTS
The first blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, suguha hamon of nioi, chu-maru boshi, bo-hi both sides, suriage nakago, Mei: Sukesada, 16th Century, 19.3/8in. (49.2cm.); in its black and aogai mottled saya, gilt copper fuchi-kashira and tsuba with enamelled flowers, similar copper kurikata and kojiri with enamelled flowers, shakudo kozuka with a dragon and clouds in iroe takazogan, 17th century, the kozuka blade of silver, copper dragon menuki, 19th century; the second blade shobuzukuri, iorimune, torii zori, ko-itamehada with ji-nie, hoso-suguha hamon of nioi, ubu nakago, Mei: Bizen kuni ju Sanmon Shitahara Tomokuni saku, early 17th century, 16.7/8in. (42.8cm.); in its textured black lacquer saya, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira inlaid with stylised dragons in gilt and shakudo, signed Yasutaka (Nukagawa school of Mito), shakudo tsuba with gilt kiri floating on stylised waves, sentoku menuki formed as shishi, shakudo nanako kozuka with a gilt dragon in takazogan, 19th century; the third blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, gunome togare hamon of nie, chu-maru boshi, suriage nakago, Mei: Kanemoto, 17th century, 28in. (73cm.); in a military mounting, 20th century (3)
The first blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, suguha hamon of nioi, chu-maru boshi, bo-hi both sides, suriage nakago, Mei: Sukesada, 16th Century, 19.3/8in. (49.2cm.); in its black and aogai mottled saya, gilt copper fuchi-kashira and tsuba with enamelled flowers, similar copper kurikata and kojiri with enamelled flowers, shakudo kozuka with a dragon and clouds in iroe takazogan, 17th century, the kozuka blade of silver, copper dragon menuki, 19th century; the second blade shobuzukuri, iorimune, torii zori, ko-itamehada with ji-nie, hoso-suguha hamon of nioi, ubu nakago, Mei: Bizen kuni ju Sanmon Shitahara Tomokuni saku, early 17th century, 16.7/8in. (42.8cm.); in its textured black lacquer saya, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira inlaid with stylised dragons in gilt and shakudo, signed Yasutaka (Nukagawa school of Mito), shakudo tsuba with gilt kiri floating on stylised waves, sentoku menuki formed as shishi, shakudo nanako kozuka with a gilt dragon in takazogan, 19th century; the third blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, gunome togare hamon of nie, chu-maru boshi, suriage nakago, Mei: Kanemoto, 17th century, 28in. (73cm.); in a military mounting, 20th century (3)