A DAISHO MOUNTED IN ZUBONSASHI STYLE, the blades, dai, wide honzukuri and kasane atsui, iorimune and extended chugissaki, shallow torii-zori with itame hada and medium suguba hamon, komaru boshi and ubu nakago, unsigned mid 19th century, 67.8cm long; sho, of similar configuration but with more pronounced mixed hada and gonome hamon of ko-nie (small notches), ubu nakago, unsigned, mid. 19th century; In zubonsashi koshirae with kuroronuri saya, iron kojiri and fuchi-kashira decorated with dragonflies in nunomezogan, menuki formed as crabs on brown katatemaki hilts and iron tsuba decorated with karashishi and peonies in takazogan, mid. 19th century (2)

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A DAISHO MOUNTED IN ZUBONSASHI STYLE, the blades, dai, wide honzukuri and kasane atsui, iorimune and extended chugissaki, shallow torii-zori with itame hada and medium suguba hamon, komaru boshi and ubu nakago, unsigned mid 19th century, 67.8cm long; sho, of similar configuration but with more pronounced mixed hada and gonome hamon of ko-nie (small notches), ubu nakago, unsigned, mid. 19th century; In zubonsashi koshirae with kuroronuri saya, iron kojiri and fuchi-kashira decorated with dragonflies in nunomezogan, menuki formed as crabs on brown katatemaki hilts and iron tsuba decorated with karashishi and peonies in takazogan, mid. 19th century (2)

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Zubonsashi was a "modern" style of the Bakumatsu period for wear with the loose "kimono" and half-trouser uniform, circa 1840-1868

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