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MEI: NORIMITSU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY)
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A FINELY MOUNTED KATANA
Mei: Norimitsu, Muromachi Period (15th Century)
The blade, honzukuri, iorimune, koshizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, gunome hamon of nioi with sunagashi, hakikakke boshi, ubu nakago, 26½in. (67.2cm), in its diagonally ribbed black lacquer saya with a set of matching shakudo han-dachi mounts comprising fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kurikata, seme and kojiri, carved with clouds in katakiri and inlaid with dragons in shibuichi and gilt hirazogan, mokkogata shakudo tsuba with inome inlaid in low relief with flowers and tendrils, the rim nanako with flowers and tendrils in silver and shakudo takazogan, signed Yoshu no ju Shoami Hideyasu, gilt menuki of dragons, 19th century
Mei: Norimitsu, Muromachi Period (15th Century)
The blade, honzukuri, iorimune, koshizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, gunome hamon of nioi with sunagashi, hakikakke boshi, ubu nakago, 26½in. (67.2cm), in its diagonally ribbed black lacquer saya with a set of matching shakudo han-dachi mounts comprising fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kurikata, seme and kojiri, carved with clouds in katakiri and inlaid with dragons in shibuichi and gilt hirazogan, mokkogata shakudo tsuba with inome inlaid in low relief with flowers and tendrils, the rim nanako with flowers and tendrils in silver and shakudo takazogan, signed Yoshu no ju Shoami Hideyasu, gilt menuki of dragons, 19th century
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