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THE FIRST MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH-16TH CENTURY) KINZOGAN INSCRIPTION SA, THE SECOND AND THIRD EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
An Uda School Katana, a Kunikane School Wakizashi, and a Wakizashi in Mounts
The first Muromachi period (15th-16th century) kinzogan inscription Sa, the second and third Edo period (18th century)
The first honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori with an extended kissaki with a mokume forging pattern with running itame between the shinogi and the ha with nie, the tempered edge suguha with choji utsuri, chikei and sunagashi of nioi and nie with an indistinct tip, the tang suriage with two holes and kiri file marks, in shirasaya, no habaki, 65.6cm. long; motohaba 3.1cm.; sakihaba 2.4cm.
The second honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki with a forging pattern of flowing itame and masame, the tempered edge suguha of jinie with bo-utsuri and a small rounded tip, tang o-suriage with two holes and kiri file marks, in shirasaya with no habaki, 40cm. long; motohaba 3cm.; sakihaba 1.9cm.
The third kirihirazukuri, iori-mune with a ko-itame and mokume forging pattern of jinie, notare tempered edge of nioi and jinie turning back at the tip, maruhi carving on both sides, tang ubu with two holes and kiri file marks, double gilt-copper habaki, 28.2cm. long
Koshirae comprising a lacquer saya simulating rotting wood with a silver, copper and gold snake emerging from within, kurikata silver with a frog; silver kozuka with a spider and a fly caught in the spider's web in high relief, the blade illegibly signed; tsuba and fuchi-kashira decorated with insects, a frog, a snail and slug in iroe takazogan on a dark silver ground, the tsuba illegibly signed; menuki formed as leaves and insects, and a large grasshopper in iroe takazogan and applied coral (3)
The first Muromachi period (15th-16th century) kinzogan inscription Sa, the second and third Edo period (18th century)
The first honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori with an extended kissaki with a mokume forging pattern with running itame between the shinogi and the ha with nie, the tempered edge suguha with choji utsuri, chikei and sunagashi of nioi and nie with an indistinct tip, the tang suriage with two holes and kiri file marks, in shirasaya, no habaki, 65.6cm. long; motohaba 3.1cm.; sakihaba 2.4cm.
The second honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki with a forging pattern of flowing itame and masame, the tempered edge suguha of jinie with bo-utsuri and a small rounded tip, tang o-suriage with two holes and kiri file marks, in shirasaya with no habaki, 40cm. long; motohaba 3cm.; sakihaba 1.9cm.
The third kirihirazukuri, iori-mune with a ko-itame and mokume forging pattern of jinie, notare tempered edge of nioi and jinie turning back at the tip, maruhi carving on both sides, tang ubu with two holes and kiri file marks, double gilt-copper habaki, 28.2cm. long
Koshirae comprising a lacquer saya simulating rotting wood with a silver, copper and gold snake emerging from within, kurikata silver with a frog; silver kozuka with a spider and a fly caught in the spider's web in high relief, the blade illegibly signed; tsuba and fuchi-kashira decorated with insects, a frog, a snail and slug in iroe takazogan on a dark silver ground, the tsuba illegibly signed; menuki formed as leaves and insects, and a large grasshopper in iroe takazogan and applied coral (3)
Provenance
The first R. Milton Mitchell, Jr., New York
The second Howard Mansfield, New York
The third William Thomson Walters, Baltimore
The third Brayton Ives, New York
The second Howard Mansfield, New York
The third William Thomson Walters, Baltimore
The third Brayton Ives, New York
Special notice
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