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A BUNGO NAGINATA
LATE MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1500), SIGNED TAIRA SADAMORI
Sugata: Naginata with naginata-hi; nagasa: 1 shaku, 2 sun, 6 bu (38.3cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: gunome midare in nie and nioi with scattered ashi. Nakago: slender, tapering, probably ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: iri-yamagata; mekugi-ana: two; mei: Taira Sadamori.
Roiro saya and silver-mounted and lacquered staff: decorated with fundame foliage and an untraced mon; silver mounts engraved with scrolling foliage and repeating the mon. Length of staff (excluding naginata and saya) 126.5cm.
LATE MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1500), SIGNED TAIRA SADAMORI
Sugata: Naginata with naginata-hi; nagasa: 1 shaku, 2 sun, 6 bu (38.3cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: gunome midare in nie and nioi with scattered ashi. Nakago: slender, tapering, probably ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: iri-yamagata; mekugi-ana: two; mei: Taira Sadamori.
Roiro saya and silver-mounted and lacquered staff: decorated with fundame foliage and an untraced mon; silver mounts engraved with scrolling foliage and repeating the mon. Length of staff (excluding naginata and saya) 126.5cm.