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A TANTO IN AIKUCHI MOUNTS
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, itame-hada, hoso suguha hamon, suriage nakago with kiku and signature Nihon kaji sosho, Iga no kami Fujiwara (Kinmichi) and with date Kaei 3rd year (1850), 22.4cm.; in a ribbed aizame saya similar tsuka, matching silver mounts comprising fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kojiri, kozuka, wari-kogai, dogane on the saya forming the kurikata and the ura gawara, around the tsuka, each piece carved in low relief, 19th century
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, itame-hada, hoso suguha hamon, suriage nakago with kiku and signature Nihon kaji sosho, Iga no kami Fujiwara (Kinmichi) and with date Kaei 3rd year (1850), 22.4cm.; in a ribbed aizame saya similar tsuka, matching silver mounts comprising fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kojiri, kozuka, wari-kogai, dogane on the saya forming the kurikata and the ura gawara, around the tsuka, each piece carved in low relief, 19th century