A FINE SHAKUDO MOUNTED AIKUCHI
Unsigned, Muromachi Period (14th-15th Century)
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, itame hada, wide midare hamon of nie with tobiyaki and yubashiri on the omote, hitatsura on the ura, muneyaki and some kinsuji, much nie overall, ubu nakago, 32.7cm., later Soshu school, in its aogai lacquer saya decorated with leaves and flowers in gold togidashi and mother of pearl, shakudo nanako kashira, fuchi-koiguchi, kurikata, uragawara and kojiri all with mon, stylised flowers and foliage in iroe takazogan, associated kogai and kozuka, the gold lacquer kogai decorated with a plum tree, signed ...and kao, brass ishimeji kozuka inlaid with a plum tree, 19th century, the mounting 18th century
A FINE SHAKUDO MOUNTED AIKUCHI
Unsigned, Muromachi Period (14th-15th Century)
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, itame hada, wide midare hamon of nie with tobiyaki and yubashiri on the omote, hitatsura on the ura, muneyaki and some kinsuji, much nie overall, ubu nakago, 32.7cm., later Soshu school, in its aogai lacquer saya decorated with leaves and flowers in gold togidashi and mother of pearl, shakudo nanako kashira, fuchi-koiguchi, kurikata, uragawara and kojiri all with mon, stylised flowers and foliage in iroe takazogan, associated kogai and kozuka, the gold lacquer kogai decorated with a plum tree, signed ...and kao, brass ishimeji kozuka inlaid with a plum tree, 19th century, the mounting 18th century
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