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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), THE MOUNTS EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Wakizashi in Mounts
Edo period (18th century), the mounts Edo period (19th century)
The wide blade honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki forged with ko-itame of nie, the tempered edge notare with nie and nioi between the shinogi and ha with utsuri and sunagashi, tip indistinct, the tang ubu with one hole and sujikai file marks, 51cm. long; motohaba 3.3cm.; sakihaba 2.9cm.
Koshirae comprising a wood saya, ribbed near the top and applied with shakudo rain dragons in clouds, the kojiri and kurikata shakudo nanako-ji with gold dragons; mokko shakudo nanako-ji tsuba and fuchi-kashira with gold dragons around the rim; shakudo nanako-ji kozuka with gold dragon, the blade illegibly signed ..kane...; gold dragon menuki
Edo period (18th century), the mounts Edo period (19th century)
The wide blade honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki forged with ko-itame of nie, the tempered edge notare with nie and nioi between the shinogi and ha with utsuri and sunagashi, tip indistinct, the tang ubu with one hole and sujikai file marks, 51cm. long; motohaba 3.3cm.; sakihaba 2.9cm.
Koshirae comprising a wood saya, ribbed near the top and applied with shakudo rain dragons in clouds, the kojiri and kurikata shakudo nanako-ji with gold dragons; mokko shakudo nanako-ji tsuba and fuchi-kashira with gold dragons around the rim; shakudo nanako-ji kozuka with gold dragon, the blade illegibly signed ..kane...; gold dragon menuki
Provenance
William Thompson Walters (1820-1894), Baltimore
Brayton Ives, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Brayton Ives, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York