A Tanto

SIGNED TOMOHISA, MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY)

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A Tanto
Signed Tomohisa, Muromachi period (15th century)
The blade hirazukuri, iori-mune; forging pattern itame with mokume large flowing hada, shirake, jinie; the tempered edge midare of nie, kinsuji and tobiyaki; boshi with long returning kaeri and a large patch of jifu; the tang suriage with three holes (two plugged)
28.4cm. from tip to beginning of tang; 25.5cm. wide at start of tempered edge
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]

Lot Essay

Probably an early fifteenth-century generation Tomohisa of the Uda school. The blade characteristics can be compared with those of the tanto by Kunifusa (see lot 12), and indicate the Yamato-tradition origin of the Uda group.

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