Lot 443
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A HOSOKAWA SCHOOL TANTO
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A HOSOKAWA SCHOOL TANTO

SIGNED KIMI BANZAI SAGAMI KOKUJIN MINAMOTO HISAYOSHI - HORIMONO YOSHIYUKI - KEIO TATSU NEN [1868] HACHIGATSU HI

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A HOSOKAWA SCHOOL TANTO
SIGNED KIMI BANZAI SAGAMI KOKUJIN MINAMOTO HISAYOSHI - HORIMONO YOSHIYUKI - KEIO TATSU NEN [1868] HACHIGATSU HI
SUGATA [CONFIGURATION]: HIRAZUKURI, IORI-MUNE, UCHIZORI
KITAE [FORGING PATTERN]: KO-ITAME
HAMON [TEMPERING PATTERN]: SUGUHA-NOTARE OF NIOI WITH KO-NIE
BOSHI [TIP]: TOGARE WITH A LONG KAERI
HORIMONO [CARVINGS]: ON THE OMOTE BISHAMONTEN, ON THE URA BONJI AND A RENDAI
NAKAGO [TANG]: UBU
HABAKI [COLLAR]: GOLD COVERED DOUBLE
NAGASA [LENGTH OF BLADE FROM TIP TO BEGINNING OF TANG]: 20.5CM
KOSHIRAE [MOUNTING]: IN ITS AIKUCHI MOUNTING WITH A GOLD AND SILVER FLECKED BLACK LAQUER SAYA, MATCHING SILVER MOUNTS, THE KASHIRA AND KURIKATA CHISELLED WITH PRAWNS, THE FUCHI WITH WAVES, THE KUCHIGANE SIMILARLY CARVED WITH A PRAWN AND TAI DESIGN AND WITH A CARP IN COPPER TAKAZOGAN, WITH A SIGNATURE ISHIGURO MASAYOSHI, THE KOJIRI FORMED AS WAVES, THE MENUKI OF PRAWNS, THE TSUKA BOUND WITH WHALEBONE, WITH SHIRASAYA, 19TH CENTURY
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ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS TOKUBETSU HOZON BY THE NIHON BIJUTSU TOKEN HOZON KYOKAI [SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE JAPANESE ART SWORD]

SHIMIDZU HISAYOSHI WHO DIED IN 1868, WAS A PUPIL OF HOSOKAWA MASAYOSHI AND WAS THE TEACHER OF SA YUKIHIDE.

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