MEI: KANETSUJI, MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
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Mei: Kanetsuji, Momoyama Period (Late 16th Century)
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, ko-itamehada, suguha hamon of nioi, ubu nakago, 407/8in. (37.8cm), in its textured red and black lacquer saya (split), sentoku fuchi-kashira inlaid with a fish, crab and water plants in shibuichi, shakudo and gilt, signed Yasuchika, copper menuki of frogs, shakudo details, shakudo nanako tsuba with a fishing net and tadpoles in gilt and shakudo takazogan, shakudo kozuka with geese in takazogan, signed Kinen Sadayoshi with a kao, shakudo nanako kurikata inlaid with a goose and lotus leaves, 19th century
Mei: Kanetsuji, Momoyama Period (Late 16th Century)
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, ko-itamehada, suguha hamon of nioi, ubu nakago, 407/8in. (37.8cm), in its textured red and black lacquer saya (split), sentoku fuchi-kashira inlaid with a fish, crab and water plants in shibuichi, shakudo and gilt, signed Yasuchika, copper menuki of frogs, shakudo details, shakudo nanako tsuba with a fishing net and tadpoles in gilt and shakudo takazogan, shakudo kozuka with geese in takazogan, signed Kinen Sadayoshi with a kao, shakudo nanako kurikata inlaid with a goose and lotus leaves, 19th century
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