A Hoki Wakizashi

Muromachi period (late 16th century), Signed Hoki (no) kuni (no) Ju Saino-o Shirozaemon (no)jo Hiroga

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A Hoki Wakizashi
Muromachi period (late 16th century), Signed Hoki (no) kuni (no) Ju Saino-o Shirozaemon (no)jo Hiroga
Sugata [configuration]: hirazukuri with kakidome bohi and tsure-hi of even breadth and shallow curve with roundly extended kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome-midare of noi with much nie
Boshi [tip]: togari boshi
Nakago [tang]: With two mekugi-ana, one of which filled with lead, katte sagari file marks, gentle funagata shape to the hasaki edge
Habaki [collar]: single migakiji habaki
Nagasa [length]: 34.7cm long
koshirae [scabbard]: With black lacquer with maple leaves in various coloured maki-e, oval shakudo tsuba with, shakudo migakiji kozuka with flowers in copper, gols, and silver hira-zogan together with a shirasaya with a Hakusui sayagaki

Provenance

Colonel Lane Carlson

Lot Essay

Colonel Lane Carlson (1919-2010) was the daughter of the Nebraska chief of police who helped round up the Ma Barker gang. She joined the WAC after college and was aide to General MacArthur in Tokyo. During that time she once served as Helen Keller's guide in Japan. Later, working at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, she was named one of the first five women colonels in the army, and subsequently traveled the world, living in many places.

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