Lot Essay
The saya bears a sayagaki by Dr. Sato Kanzan attributing the blade to Seki Kanenobu.
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A KATANA BY KANENOBU
The blade honzukuri, with torii-zori, mitsumune and chugissaki, itame hada with masame and ji-nie, sambon sugi hamon with nie and sunagashi, chu-maru boshi with some hakikake, a short broad and narrow groove and a bonji carved on both sides, o-suriage nakago, 16th century Mino school, 69.4cm.; with a fine shakudo habaki with a sunken nanako panel inlaid with omodaka in two colours of gold, in shirasaya with bag
The blade honzukuri, with torii-zori, mitsumune and chugissaki, itame hada with masame and ji-nie, sambon sugi hamon with nie and sunagashi, chu-maru boshi with some hakikake, a short broad and narrow groove and a bonji carved on both sides, o-suriage nakago, 16th century Mino school, 69.4cm.; with a fine shakudo habaki with a sunken nanako panel inlaid with omodaka in two colours of gold, in shirasaya with bag