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AN ITOMAKI NO TACHI
The blade honzukuri with torii-zori and chugissaki, itame-hada with ji-nie, gunome hamon of nie with sunagashi and kinsuji, chu-maru boshi with hakikake, o-suriage nakago, 17th/18th century, 64.8cm.; in a nashiji saya, full shakudo tachi mounts carved with kebori with tendrils, unusually fitted with a wari-kogai, gilt vajra menuki, 19th century
The blade honzukuri with torii-zori and chugissaki, itame-hada with ji-nie, gunome hamon of nie with sunagashi and kinsuji, chu-maru boshi with hakikake, o-suriage nakago, 17th/18th century, 64.8cm.; in a nashiji saya, full shakudo tachi mounts carved with kebori with tendrils, unusually fitted with a wari-kogai, gilt vajra menuki, 19th century