拍品專文
From the inscription it appears that the tachi blade may have been made for a master of Kyudo.
TACHI MEI: TANJO ICHINOE SAN NO SUKE MUNEAKI DATED ENPO 9 (1681), MIKUNI SHINPI YUITSU KYUHEI MEIJIN; TANTO MUMEI
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A TACHI AND TANTO DAISHO
Tachi mei: Tanjo Ichinoe San no Suke Muneaki dated Enpo 9 (1681), Mikuni Shinpi Yuitsu Kyuhei meijin; Tanto mumei
The broad tachi blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with o-gissaki, itamehada, hamon is midare of nie, chu-maru boshi, a horimono of Bishamon on the omote, a bonji on the ura, ubu nakago, 27in. (69.2cm.); tanto honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada, suguha hamon, osuriage nakago, 12in. (32.5cm.); in their nashiji lacquer saya decorated with mon and karakusa, brass tachi mounts with foliage in kebori, the tachi with an aoi tsuba and shakudo menuki of buds (2)
Tachi mei: Tanjo Ichinoe San no Suke Muneaki dated Enpo 9 (1681), Mikuni Shinpi Yuitsu Kyuhei meijin; Tanto mumei
The broad tachi blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with o-gissaki, itamehada, hamon is midare of nie, chu-maru boshi, a horimono of Bishamon on the omote, a bonji on the ura, ubu nakago, 27in. (69.2cm.); tanto honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada, suguha hamon, osuriage nakago, 12in. (32.5cm.); in their nashiji lacquer saya decorated with mon and karakusa, brass tachi mounts with foliage in kebori, the tachi with an aoi tsuba and shakudo menuki of buds (2)