Details
A tanto
with silk bound shagreen hilt, bronze menuki modelled as fish, bronze oval tsuba and fuchi-kashira applied in silver, gilt and shakudo with further fish and a figure by water, the wood scabbard applied in gold lacquer in hiramakie, takamkaie and iroe-hiramakie with flowering and fruiting branches -- the blade 9.3/8in. (23.8cm) long, 17th Century, signed Kane Moto.
with silk bound shagreen hilt, bronze menuki modelled as fish, bronze oval tsuba and fuchi-kashira applied in silver, gilt and shakudo with further fish and a figure by water, the wood scabbard applied in gold lacquer in hiramakie, takamkaie and iroe-hiramakie with flowering and fruiting branches -- the blade 9.3/8in. (23.8cm) long, 17th Century, signed Kane Moto.