Lot Essay
The swordsmiths Echigo no Kami Fujiwara Kunitomo from Yamashiro province was a distinguished student of Horikawa Kunihiro and his blades were famed for their exceedingly sharp cutting edge.
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A KUNITOMO WAKIZASHI AND MOUNT
The blade, iorimune, honzukuri carved with dragon and ken on the ura, the omote with kensaku (coiled rope) with strong curve (saki-zori) and medium point (chu-gissaki) tightly forged ko-itame, notare hamon (tempered edge) of intense ko-nie, kaeri boshi, suriage tang with two holes, signed Echigo no kami Fujiwara Kunitomo (1600-1650), 40.2cm.
The mounts, the lacquered kawari-nuri-zaya scabbard comprising shakudo-nanako kurikata, iron kojiri inlaid with gilt shima and lacquered kojiri; a mokkogata iron tsuba pierced with a section of a water wheel, signed Yamakichibei; iron fuchi-kashira, decorated with shogi pieces in gold inlay, signed Joshu Nishijin ju Shoami Ichirobe Masanori saku; the leather bound tsuka bearing a pair of shakudo menuki depicting three kiri, mid Edo period.
Accompanied by N.B.T.H.K. tokubetsu kicho certificate for the blade, no.258861 and for the mounts, no.528
The blade, iorimune, honzukuri carved with dragon and ken on the ura, the omote with kensaku (coiled rope) with strong curve (saki-zori) and medium point (chu-gissaki) tightly forged ko-itame, notare hamon (tempered edge) of intense ko-nie, kaeri boshi, suriage tang with two holes, signed Echigo no kami Fujiwara Kunitomo (1600-1650), 40.2cm.
The mounts, the lacquered kawari-nuri-zaya scabbard comprising shakudo-nanako kurikata, iron kojiri inlaid with gilt shima and lacquered kojiri; a mokkogata iron tsuba pierced with a section of a water wheel, signed Yamakichibei; iron fuchi-kashira, decorated with shogi pieces in gold inlay, signed Joshu Nishijin ju Shoami Ichirobe Masanori saku; the leather bound tsuka bearing a pair of shakudo menuki depicting three kiri, mid Edo period.
Accompanied by N.B.T.H.K. tokubetsu kicho certificate for the blade, no.258861 and for the mounts, no.528