A MINO STYLE WAKIZASHI
A MINO STYLE WAKIZASHI

MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)

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A MINO STYLE WAKIZASHI
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
A broad shallow curve hirazukuri wakizashi, length 38.4cm., with bohi, o-itame hada with mokume, large gunome midare hamon of nie with maru boshi, the black lacquer ishimeji saya with shika-no-tsuno and wisteria mon reserved in black, with gilt-rimmed copper ishimeji fittings with both mon repeated in gilt hirazogan, a copper tsuba with copper o-seppa, copper kozuka with plum blossom and cracked ice design in shakudo ito-zogan, sahari menuki formed as crabs in water pools

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