Lot 57
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AN ESHU KATANA IN A FINE GOLD MAKIE LACQUER TACHI MOUNTING FOR FORMAL WEAR
AN ESHU KATANA IN A FINE GOLD MAKIE LACQUER TACHI MOUNTING FOR FORMAL WEAR
AN ESHU KATANA IN A FINE GOLD MAKIE LACQUER TACHI MOUNTING FOR FORMAL WEAR
AN ESHU KATANA IN A FINE GOLD MAKIE LACQUER TACHI MOUNTING FOR FORMAL WEAR
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AN ESHU KATANA IN A FINE GOLD MAKIE LACQUER TACHI MOUNTING FOR FORMAL WEAR

SIGNED OMI (NO) KUNI FUJIWARA NORIHIRO, EDO PERIOD, BLADE EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY); KOSHIRAE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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AN ESHU KATANA IN A FINE GOLD MAKIE LACQUER TACHI MOUNTING FOR FORMAL WEAR
SIGNED OMI (NO) KUNI FUJIWARA NORIHIRO, EDO PERIOD, BLADE EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY); KOSHIRAE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, shallow curve, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: tight gunome choji of nioi with ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: wide midare-komi with ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: kiri yasuri, two mekugi-ana, one of which a shinobi-ana
Habaki [collar]: single silver clad
Koshirae [mounting]: kenuki-gata [tweezer form] tachi koshirae, gold makie lacquered scabbard with gold lacquered myoga mon, silver-clad tsuka engraved with scrolling, the menuki as kenuki [tweezers] with gilt myoga mon
70.1 cm. (blade)
100.5 cm. long (koshirae)
Machi-haba and saki-haba (blade width at two separate points): 3 cm. (machi) and 2.1 cm. (saki)

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Lot Essay

The decorative tangs of the original 'kenuki-gata' tachi, made during the Heian period, formed the grip of the sword, and were pierced with longitudinal slots reminiscent of tweezers. The present sword with tweezer-shaped menuki follows a type found in the collection of the Kasuga Shrine in Nara.

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