A Short Sword (Wakizashi)
A Short Sword (Wakizashi)

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY), SIGNED ECHIZEN JU KOZUKE (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA KANESADA

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A Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Edo period (late 17th century), signed Echizen ju Kozuke (no) kami Fujiwara Kanesada
The configuration shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, torii-zori and chu-gissaki; ko-itame forging pattern and suguha tempered edge with a ko-maru tip carved on the omote side with a dragon and on the ura side with a vajra; tang unshorted with katte-sagari file marks and one mekugi-ana; in black lacquer scabbard, wood hilt
17 3/8in. (44.1cm.) long
With a certificate issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword), dated 2002.9.8

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