THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WELL-MOUNTED WAKIZASHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and torii-zori, forging details obscured by rust and rubbing, suriage nakago signed Tadamitsu, 16th century, 49.4cm long; the scabbard in mijingainuri and ishimejinuri, the latter decorated with birds footprints, the fittings all in shibuichi, comprising a kojiri decorated with a tiger in katakiribori, kurikata, sayadogane, kozuka and warikogai with waves in
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A WELL-MOUNTED WAKIZASHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and torii-zori, forging details obscured by rust and rubbing, suriage nakago signed Tadamitsu, 16th century, 49.4cm long; the scabbard in mijingainuri and ishimejinuri, the latter decorated with birds footprints, the fittings all in shibuichi, comprising a kojiri decorated with a tiger in katakiribori, kurikata, sayadogane, kozuka and warikogai with waves in
nikubori, the fuchi-kashira and kuchigane decorated with dragons and clouds in kebori, the menuki formed as gilt dragon roundels on a shibuichi dogane carved as thunderclouds, the tsuba with a tiger in shishiaibori biting on a bamboo branch, shakudo and gilt detail
nikubori, the fuchi-kashira and kuchigane decorated with dragons and clouds in kebori, the menuki formed as gilt dragon roundels on a shibuichi dogane carved as thunderclouds, the tsuba with a tiger in shishiaibori biting on a bamboo branch, shakudo and gilt detail