Details
A MUTSU DAISHO
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1660), DAISHO SIGNED MUTSU DAIJO MIYOSHI NAGAMICHI
Dai: Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 5 bu (68.4cm.); fumbari: 0.9cm. Jihada: ko-itame. Hamon: extremely strong nie-deki gonome midare. Boshi: ko-maru. Nakago, keitai: slender and ubu; yasurime: kiri-yasuri; nakagojiri: kurijiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi.
Sho: Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 7 sun, 8 bu (53.9cm.). Jihada: o-itame. Hamon: strong nioi-deki gonome midare with choji and ashi. Boshi: ko-maru. Nakago, keitai: regular and ubu; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi.
Daisho koshirae: a black lacquer saya; paired tsuka mounted with gilt menuki formed as branches of persimmon, and shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with designs of Chinese sages, each signed Sakai Hideyoshi (a student of Omori Teruhide), circa 1790; an iron tsuba decorated in relief with foliage, each signed Choshu Hagi [no] ju Chikanaga, circa 1800, heights 8.3, 8.2 cm., widths 7.7, 7.2 cm. ; and a shakudo nanako kozuka decorated with a flowering plant design. Old chips and dents to the saya. Brocade and silk storage bags.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1660), DAISHO SIGNED MUTSU DAIJO MIYOSHI NAGAMICHI
Dai: Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 5 bu (68.4cm.); fumbari: 0.9cm. Jihada: ko-itame. Hamon: extremely strong nie-deki gonome midare. Boshi: ko-maru. Nakago, keitai: slender and ubu; yasurime: kiri-yasuri; nakagojiri: kurijiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi.
Sho: Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 7 sun, 8 bu (53.9cm.). Jihada: o-itame. Hamon: strong nioi-deki gonome midare with choji and ashi. Boshi: ko-maru. Nakago, keitai: regular and ubu; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi.
Daisho koshirae: a black lacquer saya; paired tsuka mounted with gilt menuki formed as branches of persimmon, and shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with designs of Chinese sages, each signed Sakai Hideyoshi (a student of Omori Teruhide), circa 1790; an iron tsuba decorated in relief with foliage, each signed Choshu Hagi [no] ju Chikanaga, circa 1800, heights 8.3, 8.2 cm., widths 7.7, 7.2 cm. ; and a shakudo nanako kozuka decorated with a flowering plant design. Old chips and dents to the saya. Brocade and silk storage bags.
Provenance
Dr. Walter A. Compton, auction, Part I, Christie's, New York, 31 March, 1992, lot 338.