Lot Essay
Ryudo Katsushige was a Mito kinko artist in the early 19th century.
MEI: YOSHITSUGU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY), THE MOUNTS EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A KOTO TANTO IN TSUI-U SCABBARD
Mei: Yoshitsugu, Muromachi Period (15th Century), The Mounts Edo Period (19th Century)
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, slight sakizori, forging pattern masame with itame, tempered edge gunome midare of konie with sunagashi, possibly Yakinaoshi, slight curved tang ubu with two holes, 14.1/8in. (35.8cm.); in a tsui-u lacquer scabbard decorated with scrolling floral designs and Chinese characters, the kashira with two karashishi biting each other in shakudo, copper and gold, the menuki with two kara-shishi in shakudo and gilt, the shakudo fuchi with a peacock in gilt and shakudo zogan, signed Tsuki Mitsuoki and dated Kyowa Ni Mizunoe-inu Go gatsu (May, 1802), the kawari gata shibuichi tsuba with Chinese characters and a dragon in gilt and shakudo zogan, signed oite Toto Joyo Suifu ju ga Ryudo Katsushige ...kore and dated Bunka Juichi nen Inu (1814), the shakudo nanakoji plate kozuka with a peacock in gilt, the shibuichi kurikata with a bee in copper inlay, the silver kojiri with a flower and foliage in gilt, copper and shakudo hirazogan
Mei: Yoshitsugu, Muromachi Period (15th Century), The Mounts Edo Period (19th Century)
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, slight sakizori, forging pattern masame with itame, tempered edge gunome midare of konie with sunagashi, possibly Yakinaoshi, slight curved tang ubu with two holes, 14.1/8in. (35.8cm.); in a tsui-u lacquer scabbard decorated with scrolling floral designs and Chinese characters, the kashira with two karashishi biting each other in shakudo, copper and gold, the menuki with two kara-shishi in shakudo and gilt, the shakudo fuchi with a peacock in gilt and shakudo zogan, signed Tsuki Mitsuoki and dated Kyowa Ni Mizunoe-inu Go gatsu (May, 1802), the kawari gata shibuichi tsuba with Chinese characters and a dragon in gilt and shakudo zogan, signed oite Toto Joyo Suifu ju ga Ryudo Katsushige ...kore and dated Bunka Juichi nen Inu (1814), the shakudo nanakoji plate kozuka with a peacock in gilt, the shibuichi kurikata with a bee in copper inlay, the silver kojiri with a flower and foliage in gilt, copper and shakudo hirazogan