Lot Essay
Howard Mansfield, a former owner, was a New York lawyer and served as treasurer and trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED YAMATO NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI
Details
An Edo Katana in Black Lacquer Mounts
Edo period (17th century), signed Yamato no kami Yoshimichi
Honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki with ko-itame forging pattern with suguha tempered edge with choji midare utsuri, nioi and nie and a small rounded tip, the tang ubu with kiri file marks and two holes, one plugged, machi okuri
The koshirae comprises a black-lacquer saya finished to resemble baleen fitted with an extended silver kojiri carved with crashing waves, the fuchi-kashira matching, tsuba silver carved with crashing waves and with plovers in iroe takazogan, menuki shakudo nananko-ji fans with gold and shakudo takazogan dragons, Edo period (18th-19th century)
Edo period (17th century), signed Yamato no kami Yoshimichi
Honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki with ko-itame forging pattern with suguha tempered edge with choji midare utsuri, nioi and nie and a small rounded tip, the tang ubu with kiri file marks and two holes, one plugged, machi okuri
The koshirae comprises a black-lacquer saya finished to resemble baleen fitted with an extended silver kojiri carved with crashing waves, the fuchi-kashira matching, tsuba silver carved with crashing waves and with plovers in iroe takazogan, menuki shakudo nananko-ji fans with gold and shakudo takazogan dragons, Edo period (18th-19th century)
Provenance
Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York