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A LATE KOTO WAKIZASH
LATE MUROMACHI/MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY), PROBABLY MINO
Sugata: moroha-zukuri with iori-mune; nagasa: 1 shaku, 1 sun, 3 bu (34.5cm.). Jihada: generally large itame. Hamon: gunome in nioi. Boshi: chu-maru. Nakago: tapering, suriage and with a soft, brown patina; yasurime: kiri-yasuri; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two; mei: mumei.
Tanto ebizaya-koshirae: heavily ribbed lobster saya; kawari mokko tsuba with silver nunome, unsigned; green-wrapped tsuka with silvered kiku menuki; fuchi-kashira engraved with foliage, unsigned; koiguchi, kurikata, dengyu-kojiri and kaeri of shakudo and evenly engraved with stylized foliage of a slightly different pattern, unsigned.
LATE MUROMACHI/MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY), PROBABLY MINO
Sugata: moroha-zukuri with iori-mune; nagasa: 1 shaku, 1 sun, 3 bu (34.5cm.). Jihada: generally large itame. Hamon: gunome in nioi. Boshi: chu-maru. Nakago: tapering, suriage and with a soft, brown patina; yasurime: kiri-yasuri; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two; mei: mumei.
Tanto ebizaya-koshirae: heavily ribbed lobster saya; kawari mokko tsuba with silver nunome, unsigned; green-wrapped tsuka with silvered kiku menuki; fuchi-kashira engraved with foliage, unsigned; koiguchi, kurikata, dengyu-kojiri and kaeri of shakudo and evenly engraved with stylized foliage of a slightly different pattern, unsigned.