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A KOTO YAMASHIRO TACHI IN SHAKUDO GOTO MOUNTS
KAMAKURA PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), SIGNED RAI KUNIMITSU
69.7cm., torii-zori of 25 mm., mokume hada, kmoidare hamon with active nie and nioi terminating in the chu-kissaki wuth a tight hakikake boshi, the suriage nakago with kiri-yasuri, five mekugi-ana (two plugged, one partial) and with tachi-mei Rai Kunimitsu, double gilt 'cat-scratched' habaki; brown roiro saya with shakudo nanako Goto kozuka and kogai emblazoned with Tokugawa aoi-mon, attributed to Goto Renjo, mumei; mumei Shonai shakudo tsuba with kiku rim surrounding an o-nanako ground pierced with eight leaf-form openings, ryu-hitsu, 8.0 cm. diam., 17th century; matching menuki; shakudo fuchi-kashira engraved masame and emblazoned with shakudo and gilt aoi-mon, mumei; silk brocade storage bag with chain-stitched applique aoi-mon
KAMAKURA PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), SIGNED RAI KUNIMITSU
69.7cm., torii-zori of 25 mm., mokume hada, kmoidare hamon with active nie and nioi terminating in the chu-kissaki wuth a tight hakikake boshi, the suriage nakago with kiri-yasuri, five mekugi-ana (two plugged, one partial) and with tachi-mei Rai Kunimitsu, double gilt 'cat-scratched' habaki; brown roiro saya with shakudo nanako Goto kozuka and kogai emblazoned with Tokugawa aoi-mon, attributed to Goto Renjo, mumei; mumei Shonai shakudo tsuba with kiku rim surrounding an o-nanako ground pierced with eight leaf-form openings, ryu-hitsu, 8.0 cm. diam., 17th century; matching menuki; shakudo fuchi-kashira engraved masame and emblazoned with shakudo and gilt aoi-mon, mumei; silk brocade storage bag with chain-stitched applique aoi-mon