MUMEI, 19TH CENTURY
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A WAKIZASHI WITH MOUNTS
Mumei, 19th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, extended chu-gissaki, slight torii-zori, forging pattern tight itame, tempered edge midare of nie, tang ubu, 41cm.; encased in a roiro nuri scabbard with black cotton wrapped hilt with shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira depicting puppies at play and another under a straw hat in iroe takazogan, copper menuki of three chrysanthemums, mokkogata shakudo Mino tsuba with tendrils and flowers in relief, a shakudo nanako and irogane kozuka depicting a dragon in gilt, 19th Century
Mumei, 19th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, extended chu-gissaki, slight torii-zori, forging pattern tight itame, tempered edge midare of nie, tang ubu, 41cm.; encased in a roiro nuri scabbard with black cotton wrapped hilt with shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira depicting puppies at play and another under a straw hat in iroe takazogan, copper menuki of three chrysanthemums, mokkogata shakudo Mino tsuba with tendrils and flowers in relief, a shakudo nanako and irogane kozuka depicting a dragon in gilt, 19th Century