THE FIRST WAKISASHI MEI: SESSHU NO JU FUJIWARA TSUGUKANE, 17TH CENTURY; THE SECOND WAKISASHI MEI: SEKI JU KANE..., 16TH CENTURY
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A WAKIZASHI BLADE ASCRIBED TO TSUGUKANE AND ANOTHER
The First Wakisashi Mei: Sesshu no ju Fujiwara Tsugukane, 17th Century; The Second Wakisashi Mei: Seki ju Kane..., 16th Century
The first blade honzukuri, iorimune, shallow torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, ko-choji hamon of nie with yakidashi, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, 22in. (56.7cm.); in its service mounting with a lacquered wood saya, with red Field Officer's tassel; the second blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with extended chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, o-midare hamon of nie with tobiyaki, hakikakke boshi, suriage nakago, 18in. (45.7cm.); in its black ribbed saya with shibuichi koiguchi, kurikata and kojiri, shakudo menuki of birds, shakudo fuchi, shakudo nanako tsuba with gilt insects in Mino Goto style, with leather service covers for the tsuka and saya, both with documentation (2)
The First Wakisashi Mei: Sesshu no ju Fujiwara Tsugukane, 17th Century; The Second Wakisashi Mei: Seki ju Kane..., 16th Century
The first blade honzukuri, iorimune, shallow torii zori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, ko-choji hamon of nie with yakidashi, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, 22in. (56.7cm.); in its service mounting with a lacquered wood saya, with red Field Officer's tassel; the second blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii zori with extended chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, o-midare hamon of nie with tobiyaki, hakikakke boshi, suriage nakago, 18in. (45.7cm.); in its black ribbed saya with shibuichi koiguchi, kurikata and kojiri, shakudo menuki of birds, shakudo fuchi, shakudo nanako tsuba with gilt insects in Mino Goto style, with leather service covers for the tsuka and saya, both with documentation (2)