Lot Essay
The smith is Katayama Katsushige of Owari (Oshu) province.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A Fine Cloisonné Tachi
SIGNED OWARI KUNI KATSUSHIGE, AND DATED KEIO SANNEN NIGATSU HI [A DAY IN THE SECOND MONTH 1868]
Details
A Fine Cloisonné Tachi
SIGNED OWARI KUNI KATSUSHIGE, AND DATED KEIO SANNEN NIGATSU HI [A DAY IN THE SECOND MONTH 1868]
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, shallow curve, chu-kissaki nobiru
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with complex variations, midare- ba, yo, uchi-noke, sunagashi of nie
Boshi [tip]: midare with ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, three mekugi-ana including one shinobi-ko, o-sujikai file marks with kesho, ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 75.2cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: fine cloisonné tachi mounting the saya and tsuka black enamel ground densely covered with coloured tendrils, chrysanthemum, and other stylized blossoms, with mokko cloisonné lozenges of dragons and ho-o in coloured enamels, matching suspension fittings, kabuto-gane and ishizuki, lightly gilt copper alloy mokko tsuba engraved with leafy tendrils and with matching koiguchi to the saya
SIGNED OWARI KUNI KATSUSHIGE, AND DATED KEIO SANNEN NIGATSU HI [A DAY IN THE SECOND MONTH 1868]
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, shallow curve, chu-kissaki nobiru
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with complex variations, midare- ba, yo, uchi-noke, sunagashi of nie
Boshi [tip]: midare with ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, three mekugi-ana including one shinobi-ko, o-sujikai file marks with kesho, ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 75.2cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: fine cloisonné tachi mounting the saya and tsuka black enamel ground densely covered with coloured tendrils, chrysanthemum, and other stylized blossoms, with mokko cloisonné lozenges of dragons and ho-o in coloured enamels, matching suspension fittings, kabuto-gane and ishizuki, lightly gilt copper alloy mokko tsuba engraved with leafy tendrils and with matching koiguchi to the saya