THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A TACHI The blade honzukuri, torii-zori with extended chu-gissaki, itame hada, choji-midare hamon, chu-maru boshi, a short broad groove on the omote, a bonji on the ura, ubu nakago with signature Bishu Osafune junin Yokoyama Kodzuke Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada, 19th century, 63.4cm., in a black lacquer saya with gilt and embossed cherry blossom, full tachi mounts of ishimeji silver (one ashi damaged), copper aoi tsuba with a gilt rim and shakudo nanako o-seppa, silvered menuki of ..., 19th century
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A TACHI The blade honzukuri, torii-zori with extended chu-gissaki, itame hada, choji-midare hamon, chu-maru boshi, a short broad groove on the omote, a bonji on the ura, ubu nakago with signature Bishu Osafune junin Yokoyama Kodzuke Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada, 19th century, 63.4cm., in a black lacquer saya with gilt and embossed cherry blossom, full tachi mounts of ishimeji silver (one ashi damaged), copper aoi tsuba with a gilt rim and shakudo nanako o-seppa, silvered menuki of ..., 19th century