MUMEI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A SHIN-SHIN TO WAKIZASHI IN SAME SCABBARD
Mumei, late 18th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with chu-gissaki, forging pattern itame, tempered edge gunome of nioi with midare boshi, tang ubu, 40.4cm.; encased in a same saya, shibuichi fuchi-kashira inlaid with the moon and flowers, copper menuki of horses, irregularly shaped iron tsuba inlaid with bamboo and a silver crane, (scabbard partly restored)
Mumei, late 18th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with chu-gissaki, forging pattern itame, tempered edge gunome of nioi with midare boshi, tang ubu, 40.4cm.; encased in a same saya, shibuichi fuchi-kashira inlaid with the moon and flowers, copper menuki of horses, irregularly shaped iron tsuba inlaid with bamboo and a silver crane, (scabbard partly restored)