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THE KATANA MUMEI, STYLE OF LATER TADAYOSHI SCHOOL, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY); THE WAKIZASHI MEI: MUTSU NO KAMI SHIGESANE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
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A FINE DAISHO
The Katana Mumei, Style of later Tadayoshi School, Edo Period (19th Century); The Wakizashi Mei: Mutsu no Kami Shigesane, Edo Period (17th Century)
The katana blade, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori with ubu nakago, fine ko-itame hada with one tiny area of shin-gane, suguba hamon of ko-nie and komaru boshi, 25.3/8in. (64cm.), the wakizashi blade, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori with ubu nakago, itame-mokume hada with shallow long notare hamon and hakkake boshi, 18in. (47cm.), in their samegawa-nuri saya, shakudo-nanako tsuba with kiku and suzumushi in Mino-Goto style, gilt dragon menuki and gilt rimmed shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira with warrior scenes in takazogan, inscribed Goto Taijo, the wakizashi with an iron kozuka with gilt takazogan dragon (2)
The Katana Mumei, Style of later Tadayoshi School, Edo Period (19th Century); The Wakizashi Mei: Mutsu no Kami Shigesane, Edo Period (17th Century)
The katana blade, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori with ubu nakago, fine ko-itame hada with one tiny area of shin-gane, suguba hamon of ko-nie and komaru boshi, 25.3/8in. (64cm.), the wakizashi blade, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori with ubu nakago, itame-mokume hada with shallow long notare hamon and hakkake boshi, 18in. (47cm.), in their samegawa-nuri saya, shakudo-nanako tsuba with kiku and suzumushi in Mino-Goto style, gilt dragon menuki and gilt rimmed shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira with warrior scenes in takazogan, inscribed Goto Taijo, the wakizashi with an iron kozuka with gilt takazogan dragon (2)
Provenance
Sir Frank Bowden Collection