A LARGE PRESENTATION TACHI The blade wide honzukuri and torii-zori, hirazukuri in temono with horimono of a rendai and the Lotus sutra among clouds on omote and a dragon and tama on ura, itame hada and midare-notare hamon, ubu-nakago signed Bushu Oshi ni oite Yamato no Kami Fujiwara Kanekura o tsukuri and date Kansho ninen (1461), 106cm.; with kuroronuri scabbard and sahari and gilt fittings of attributes of Kato no Kiyomasa, the kabuto gane formed as his helmet, the gilt menuki formed as his wamon and kikyo mon borne on a yari, the fuchi formed as a piece of armour, signed Tobari, the scabbard mounts engraved with bamboo and the Lotus sutra, the kojiri formed as the tiger, the shakudo aoigata tsuba decorated with a dragon and tama; tsunagi, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira in Soten style, the matching menuki and square iron Tosho tsuba

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A LARGE PRESENTATION TACHI The blade wide honzukuri and torii-zori, hirazukuri in temono with horimono of a rendai and the Lotus sutra among clouds on omote and a dragon and tama on ura, itame hada and midare-notare hamon, ubu-nakago signed Bushu Oshi ni oite Yamato no Kami Fujiwara Kanekura o tsukuri and date Kansho ninen (1461), 106cm.; with kuroronuri scabbard and sahari and gilt fittings of attributes of Kato no Kiyomasa, the kabuto gane formed as his helmet, the gilt menuki formed as his wamon and kikyo mon borne on a yari, the fuchi formed as a piece of armour, signed Tobari, the scabbard mounts engraved with bamboo and the Lotus sutra, the kojiri formed as the tiger, the shakudo aoigata tsuba decorated with a dragon and tama; tsunagi, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira in Soten style, the matching menuki and square iron Tosho tsuba
Provenance
Sir Frank Bowden, Bt. Christie's, June 22 1982, lot 58

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