A KOTO-TACHI BLADE MOUNTED AS AN ITOMAKI-NO-TACHI

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A KOTO-TACHI BLADE MOUNTED AS AN ITOMAKI-NO-TACHI
THE FITTINGS 18TH CENTURY, SIGNED HASHIZUME TOMOYOSHI AND WITH KAKIHAN

The koto blade suriage and the details obscure, with inscribed signature and date - 22in. (55.8cm.) long; the lacquer saya decorated with kinji monsho on a nashiji ground, with the same (unidentified) gilt mon set on shakudo nanakoji for the for the tsuba and the remainder of the fittings, the fuchi kashira signed