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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), BLADE ATTRIBUTED TO SHITAHARA YASUSHIGE, TSUBA SIGNED CHIKUSENSAI KAZUYOSHI AND WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM) AND THE FUCHI-KASHIRA SIGNED RENJO SAKU AND MITSUYOSHI AND WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM) [GOTO RENJO (1628-1708), TENTH MAINLINE MASTER OF THE GOTO SCHOOL OF METALWORKERS]
Details
A Large Dagger (O-Tanto) in Mounting (Koshirae) with Goto-School Fittings
Edo period (17th century), blade attributed to Shitahara Yasushige, tsuba signed Chikusensai Kazuyoshi and with kao (cursive monogram) and the fuchi-kashira signed Renjo saku and Mitsuyoshi and with kao (cursive monogram) [Goto Renjo (1628-1708), tenth mainline Master of the Goto school of metalworkers]
The blade hirazukuri (flat sided) configuration with iori-mune (shallow-peaked back) and very slight torii-zori curvature (center of the arc is roughly mid-point of the back of the blade) with the point o-kissaki (large point); the forging pattern itame (wood grain) and the tempered edge a narrow even suguba (parallel to the back of the blade); carved on the outside with bo-hi ni tsure-hi (wider groove with a narrow parallel groove below) and on the inside with futatsu no hi (parallel grooves); the tip medium rounded with a turnback; the tang wide and tapering with a rounded end toward the front; double habaki; two peg holes
13½in. (34.3cm.) long
The koshirae comprising a saya (scabbard) lacquered in red with black and gold details simulating cherry bark and fitted with a shakudo nanako kurikata (cord holder), uragawa (strip beneath the kozuka) and kaeri decorated with gamboling horses in gold, silver and shakudo, the kojiri (hardware on the tip) finished in shakudo; the tsuka (handle) mounted with a pair of menuki and fuchi-kashira decorated en suite to the other fittings; the tsuba (sword guard) a shakudo plate with parcel-gilt autumn grasses in low relief and rimmed with gold in a "scratched" finish; the kozuka (utility blade) similarly decorated with horses on a shakudo nanako ground, the blade signed illegibly and with kao (cursive monogram) and the kogai (hair pin) gilt-bronze with irises and rocks
With a Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 358431, dated 2000.12.21 for the blade and a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosugu (Sword-Fittings Particularly Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 225883, dated 2001.2.16 for the fittings, both issued by Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of Japan Art Swords)
Edo period (17th century), blade attributed to Shitahara Yasushige, tsuba signed Chikusensai Kazuyoshi and with kao (cursive monogram) and the fuchi-kashira signed Renjo saku and Mitsuyoshi and with kao (cursive monogram) [Goto Renjo (1628-1708), tenth mainline Master of the Goto school of metalworkers]
The blade hirazukuri (flat sided) configuration with iori-mune (shallow-peaked back) and very slight torii-zori curvature (center of the arc is roughly mid-point of the back of the blade) with the point o-kissaki (large point); the forging pattern itame (wood grain) and the tempered edge a narrow even suguba (parallel to the back of the blade); carved on the outside with bo-hi ni tsure-hi (wider groove with a narrow parallel groove below) and on the inside with futatsu no hi (parallel grooves); the tip medium rounded with a turnback; the tang wide and tapering with a rounded end toward the front; double habaki; two peg holes
13½in. (34.3cm.) long
The koshirae comprising a saya (scabbard) lacquered in red with black and gold details simulating cherry bark and fitted with a shakudo nanako kurikata (cord holder), uragawa (strip beneath the kozuka) and kaeri decorated with gamboling horses in gold, silver and shakudo, the kojiri (hardware on the tip) finished in shakudo; the tsuka (handle) mounted with a pair of menuki and fuchi-kashira decorated en suite to the other fittings; the tsuba (sword guard) a shakudo plate with parcel-gilt autumn grasses in low relief and rimmed with gold in a "scratched" finish; the kozuka (utility blade) similarly decorated with horses on a shakudo nanako ground, the blade signed illegibly and with kao (cursive monogram) and the kogai (hair pin) gilt-bronze with irises and rocks
With a Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 358431, dated 2000.12.21 for the blade and a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosugu (Sword-Fittings Particularly Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 225883, dated 2001.2.16 for the fittings, both issued by Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of Japan Art Swords)
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.