A WAKIZASHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with chugissaki, ko-itame hada, gunome-midare hamon of nie and nioi, notare komi, suriage-nakago, signed Yoshu Matsuyama Nagakiyo, circa 1660, 59cm.; in a black lacquer saya decorated in hiramakie with Yoshino tatsuta design of maple leaves and cherry blossoms in a stream, silver fuchi-kashira and kojiri carved with famous trees of four seasons, kaeritsuno and kurikata are mounted on a narrow dogane of shakudo nanako decorated with gold tendrils, shibuichi tsuba carved in katakiribori with bamboo in Yokoya style, signed Tsuneyuki, silver kozuka and wari kogai decorated with grasses and dragonflies and silver menuki of onagadori (long-tailed fowl)

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A WAKIZASHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with chugissaki, ko-itame hada, gunome-midare hamon of nie and nioi, notare komi, suriage-nakago, signed Yoshu Matsuyama Nagakiyo, circa 1660, 59cm.; in a black lacquer saya decorated in hiramakie with Yoshino tatsuta design of maple leaves and cherry blossoms in a stream, silver fuchi-kashira and kojiri carved with famous trees of four seasons, kaeritsuno and kurikata are mounted on a narrow dogane of shakudo nanako decorated with gold tendrils, shibuichi tsuba carved in katakiribori with bamboo in Yokoya style, signed Tsuneyuki, silver kozuka and wari kogai decorated with grasses and dragonflies and silver menuki of onagadori (long-tailed fowl)

拍品專文

This was the early signature of Izumi Daijo Kuniteru