Details
A wakizashi
with silk bound shagreen hilt, partially ribbed lacquer scabbard with striped decoration, oval iron tsuba pierced with a stylised swallow, gilt bronze menuki modelled as long tailed birds, and kozuka with bronze handle decorated in relief with gambolling karashishi, the blade -- 16.5/8in. (42.2cm) long, 17th Century, signed Uji Nobu.
with silk bound shagreen hilt, partially ribbed lacquer scabbard with striped decoration, oval iron tsuba pierced with a stylised swallow, gilt bronze menuki modelled as long tailed birds, and kozuka with bronze handle decorated in relief with gambolling karashishi, the blade -- 16.5/8in. (42.2cm) long, 17th Century, signed Uji Nobu.