A JAPANESE OFFICER'S KATANA

SIGNED SEKI KANESADA, CIRCA 1935-45

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A JAPANESE OFFICER'S KATANA
SIGNED SEKI KANESADA, CIRCA 1935-45
With single-edged blade of traditional form and construction, the hilt with regulation brass mounts, cord-bound rayskin-covered grip, and blue and brown field officer's tassels, in original leather-covered wooden scabbard
26¼in. (66.7cm.) blade

Lot Essay

The vendor informs us that this katana was surrendered to his late father, Brigadier (Retd.) J. Heptinstall, at Government House in Hong Kong. At the time he was Adjutant of No. 5 Commando which had been sent to secure Hong Kong after the Japanese surrender in late August 1945. The officer, believed to be a general in command of an infantry brigade, handed over his sword, along with others, as part of a ceremony to mark the formal surrender of Hong Kong on 16th September 1945.

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