A FINE AIKUCHI TANTO, the blade hirazukuri, iorimune, takenoko-zori, ko-itame hada, hoso-suguha hamon of nioi, ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, signed Suo Kuni ju Nagahiro and kao and dated Hinoto-U nigatsu no hi (1867), 24.3cm., the tsuka and saya black lacquered, the fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kurikata and extended kojiri of gold rimmed shakudo decorated in low relief and kebori with gold butterflies and moths, the kurikata formed as a butterfly extending around the saya, the base of the fuchi silver and signed Hichoken Masatoshi and kao, the gilt seppa pierced to reveal the signature

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A FINE AIKUCHI TANTO, the blade hirazukuri, iorimune, takenoko-zori, ko-itame hada, hoso-suguha hamon of nioi, ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, signed Suo Kuni ju Nagahiro and kao and dated Hinoto-U nigatsu no hi (1867), 24.3cm., the tsuka and saya black lacquered, the fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kurikata and extended kojiri of gold rimmed shakudo decorated in low relief and kebori with gold butterflies and moths, the kurikata formed as a butterfly extending around the saya, the base of the fuchi silver and signed Hichoken Masatoshi and kao, the gilt seppa pierced to reveal the signature

拍品專文

Morita Masatoshi was born in 1839 and worked in Edo. He was a pupil of Otaka Masateru