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WITH INSCRIPTION GOSHU TAKAGI JU SADAMUNE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A SHINSHINTO KATANA
WITH INSCRIPTION GOSHU TAKAGI JU SADAMUNE, EDO PERIOD (19th CENTURY)
A broad katakiriha-zukuri katana, length 65.4cm, with shallow curve, rendai, gomabashi, and bonji horimono on the omote, and futasujibi on the ura, itame and mokume hada, gunome-midare hamon of nioi with much nie, and ko-maru boshi, the black lacquer saya with hats and sword of Shoki The Demon Queller in togidashi-e, kojiri in the form of a demon sheltering under a Chinese hat in shibuichi, copper, and gold inlay, the kurikata and fuchi-kashira of shibuichi with Shoki and a demon in iroe takazogan, the fuchi with signature Toshinaga, the shakudo, copper, and gilt menuki and shakudo tsuba depicting Shoki pursuing demons, the tsuba signed Kikuchi Tsunekatsu with a kakihan
65.4cm. long
WITH INSCRIPTION GOSHU TAKAGI JU SADAMUNE, EDO PERIOD (19th CENTURY)
A broad katakiriha-zukuri katana, length 65.4cm, with shallow curve, rendai, gomabashi, and bonji horimono on the omote, and futasujibi on the ura, itame and mokume hada, gunome-midare hamon of nioi with much nie, and ko-maru boshi, the black lacquer saya with hats and sword of Shoki The Demon Queller in togidashi-e, kojiri in the form of a demon sheltering under a Chinese hat in shibuichi, copper, and gold inlay, the kurikata and fuchi-kashira of shibuichi with Shoki and a demon in iroe takazogan, the fuchi with signature Toshinaga, the shakudo, copper, and gilt menuki and shakudo tsuba depicting Shoki pursuing demons, the tsuba signed Kikuchi Tsunekatsu with a kakihan
65.4cm. long