20TH CENTURY
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FIVE GUNTO
20th Century
A naval gunto, the thin blade iorimune with grooves to each side, slight torii-zori, nashiji-hada and tempered edge gunome, 64.6cm., in a black lacquer scabbard with ishime-ji brass mounts, the handle with sagari-fuji mon; another naval gunto, hirazukuri with grooves, 65.3cm. in a black lacquer leather mounts decorated with brass mounts with of cherry blossom, the handle with two marks, one with an anchor within a cherry blossom; a naval sword in a silvered mounts, the thin blade with marumune with two grooves, tempered edge gunome, 69.1cm., brass handle pierced with cherry blossom; a small W.W. II katana, the blade with marumune, slight torii-zori with a groove to both sides, tempered edge suguha, 70.3cm., encased in a metal mounts with copper fittings; and a W.W. II mounts of green saya in metal mounts, the tsuka with menuki of warriors (5)
20th Century
A naval gunto, the thin blade iorimune with grooves to each side, slight torii-zori, nashiji-hada and tempered edge gunome, 64.6cm., in a black lacquer scabbard with ishime-ji brass mounts, the handle with sagari-fuji mon; another naval gunto, hirazukuri with grooves, 65.3cm. in a black lacquer leather mounts decorated with brass mounts with of cherry blossom, the handle with two marks, one with an anchor within a cherry blossom; a naval sword in a silvered mounts, the thin blade with marumune with two grooves, tempered edge gunome, 69.1cm., brass handle pierced with cherry blossom; a small W.W. II katana, the blade with marumune, slight torii-zori with a groove to both sides, tempered edge suguha, 70.3cm., encased in a metal mounts with copper fittings; and a W.W. II mounts of green saya in metal mounts, the tsuka with menuki of warriors (5)