AN ECHIZEN WAKIZASHI WITH SHIBUICHI KINKO MOUNTS

MEI: ECHIZEN JU MUSASHI NO KAMI FUJIWARA KANENAKA, 17TH CENTURY

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AN ECHIZEN WAKIZASHI WITH SHIBUICHI KINKO MOUNTS
Mei: Echizen ju Musashi no kami Fujiwara Kanenaka, 17th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, torii-zori, forging pattern tight itame, tempered edge choji with ashi and nie, maru boshi, tang machi-okuri, 54.2cm; encased in a ribbed black lacquer saya decorated with red maple and cherry blossoms, leather bound tsuka decorated with gilt menuki of dragons Goto style, shibuichi kojiri, fuchi-kashira en suite with cherry blossoms and maple leaves floating in iroe takazogan, the fuchi signed Ikkodo Tomotsune, rounded-square tsuba depicting oni and writhing dragon in iroe takazogan, signed So Toshiyoshi kore zo, 19th Century

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The swordsmith Kanenaka's works are similar to Harima Daijo Shigetaka.
The maker for tsuba is a student of Tanaka Seiju. He is known to have inherited the skills of Toryusai school.

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