MUMEI, 19TH CENTURY
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Mumei, 19th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, o-gissaki, torii-zori, forging pattern itame, tempered edge toran of nioi, maruboshi, tang slight machi-okuri, 27 11/16in. (70.3cm.); encased in a mottled red lacquer saya, black cotton bound tsuka with metal fuchi-kashira decorated with butterflies and a dragonfly in takabori and gilt, shakudo and gilt menuki of flowers, with an iron tsuba depicting landscapes in sukidashi,
Mumei, 19th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, o-gissaki, torii-zori, forging pattern itame, tempered edge toran of nioi, maruboshi, tang slight machi-okuri, 27 11/16in. (70.3cm.); encased in a mottled red lacquer saya, black cotton bound tsuka with metal fuchi-kashira decorated with butterflies and a dragonfly in takabori and gilt, shakudo and gilt menuki of flowers, with an iron tsuba depicting landscapes in sukidashi,