Details
A katana
with lacquered doeskin bound shagreen hilt, gilt iron fuchi-kashira decorated with dragonflies, gilt bronze menuki modelled as antlers crawling with wasps, gilt iron mokkogata tsuba decorated with a dragon, brown lacquer scabbard decorated with cloud scrolls and gilt iron kojiri in the form of arrows, the blade -- 23¾in. (60.4cm) long, 17th Century, signed Kanesada.
with lacquered doeskin bound shagreen hilt, gilt iron fuchi-kashira decorated with dragonflies, gilt bronze menuki modelled as antlers crawling with wasps, gilt iron mokkogata tsuba decorated with a dragon, brown lacquer scabbard decorated with cloud scrolls and gilt iron kojiri in the form of arrows, the blade -- 23¾in. (60.4cm) long, 17th Century, signed Kanesada.