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MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH-16TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOJO (GOTO SOJO [1461-1538]) AND WITH ATTESTATION BY GOTO MITSUTAKA (GOTO ENJO [1721-1784])
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A Goto School Kozuka
Muromachi period (15th-16th century), signed Sojo (Goto Sojo [1461-1538]) and with attestation by Goto Mitsutaka (Goto Enjo [1721-1784])
The solid gold kozuka with a tight nanako ground and carved with a baku in taka-bori, reverse with "cat-scratch" yasuri ground
3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) long
With a wood box with attestation by Sato Kanzan
With a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Especially Worthy of Preserving) no. 225766 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) dated 2000.12.15
Muromachi period (15th-16th century), signed Sojo (Goto Sojo [1461-1538]) and with attestation by Goto Mitsutaka (Goto Enjo [1721-1784])
The solid gold kozuka with a tight nanako ground and carved with a baku in taka-bori, reverse with "cat-scratch" yasuri ground
3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) long
With a wood box with attestation by Sato Kanzan
With a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Especially Worthy of Preserving) no. 225766 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) dated 2000.12.15