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LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SEKI ZENJO KE CHIKANORI SAKU AND DATED ANSEI ROKU NEN NI GATSU NO HI (1859)
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A Shinshinto Slung Sword (Tachi) in Mounts (Ito maki Tachi Koshirae)
Late Edo period (19th century), signed Seki zenjo ke Chikanori saku and dated Ansei roku nen ni gatsu no hi (1859)
Configuration shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, torii-zori and chu-gissaki; forging pattern nashiji with a suguha tempered edge and suguha tip; tang unshortened, narrow and tapering with horizontal file marks and one mekugi-ana
Ito maki tachi koshirae comprising a lacquer scabbard decorated with gold lacquer family crests of mallow leaves on a nashiji ground with shakudo hardware carved with vines and applied with gilt crests, the top of the scabbard and the hilt wrapped with silk over brocade; the tsuba, fuchi-gashira and menuki decorated to match the scabbard hardware
29¼in. (73.6cm.) long
Late Edo period (19th century), signed Seki zenjo ke Chikanori saku and dated Ansei roku nen ni gatsu no hi (1859)
Configuration shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, torii-zori and chu-gissaki; forging pattern nashiji with a suguha tempered edge and suguha tip; tang unshortened, narrow and tapering with horizontal file marks and one mekugi-ana
Ito maki tachi koshirae comprising a lacquer scabbard decorated with gold lacquer family crests of mallow leaves on a nashiji ground with shakudo hardware carved with vines and applied with gilt crests, the top of the scabbard and the hilt wrapped with silk over brocade; the tsuba, fuchi-gashira and menuki decorated to match the scabbard hardware
29¼in. (73.6cm.) long