For the scabbard of lot 42, please see illustration on page 19.
A BUSHU KATANA IN RED SCABBARD
MEI: BUSHU SHIMOHARA NO JU..., 16TH CENTURY
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A BUSHU KATANA IN RED SCABBARD
Mei: Bushu Shimohara no ju..., 16th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki with shallow torii- zori, forging pattern mostly masame mixed with itame, tempered edge suguha of ko-nie, maru-boshi, tang suriage with two holes, 60.6cm.; encased in a red and black mottled lacquer saya, the dark blue wrapped tsuka with gilt menuki of crayfish, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with takabori, gilt and copper zogan with crayfish and a circular dark shibuichi tsuba similarly decorated as fuchi-kashira with the addition of shakudo zogan and rope with crayfish and a New Year bounded rope decoration [shimenawa], the fuchi and tsuba with signature Iwamoto Konkan and Kao, with an accompanying paper attributing the blade to Yasushige
Mei: Bushu Shimohara no ju..., 16th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki with shallow torii- zori, forging pattern mostly masame mixed with itame, tempered edge suguha of ko-nie, maru-boshi, tang suriage with two holes, 60.6cm.; encased in a red and black mottled lacquer saya, the dark blue wrapped tsuka with gilt menuki of crayfish, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with takabori, gilt and copper zogan with crayfish and a circular dark shibuichi tsuba similarly decorated as fuchi-kashira with the addition of shakudo zogan and rope with crayfish and a New Year bounded rope decoration [shimenawa], the fuchi and tsuba with signature Iwamoto Konkan and Kao, with an accompanying paper attributing the blade to Yasushige