A HYOGO-KUSARI TACHI KOSHIRAE
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A HYOGO-KUSARI TACHI KOSHIRAE

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A HYOGO-KUSARI TACHI KOSHIRAE
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
A copy of the Kamakura period Important Cultural Property Hyogo Kusari Shishi Tachi Koshirae in the collection of the Nyutsu Hime Shrine, the mounting is made of shibuichi or specially patinated silver, with the ashi kanagu, semegane, ishitsuki, fuchi and kuchi kanamono, kabutogane and other significant components carved in the form of shishi and with peonies distributed throughout, the tsuba is carved with peony blossoms in high relief, the fish-scale decoration along the saya is formed by triangles cut out of the two side strips, which are placed over gold foil covering the wood base of the scabbard, whereas on the original the two bronze side strips are gilded, under the o-seppa the tsuba is inscribed Mo Kokuho Nyutsu Hime Jinja Shozo Shishi Zukuri Hyogo Kusari On Tachi (Copy of the National Treasure Shishi Hyogo Kusari Tachi in the Nyutsu Hime Shrine) and 'Yoshida Masaru Sensei No Motome Ni Ozu' [commissioned by Yoshida Masaru Sensei] rokuju O [an old man of sixty six years] Muneyoshi kore wo tsukuru. [Muneyoshi made this]
106.5cm.