May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/10/2024
Stout 42cm nagasa of shinogi zukuri form with iori mune, iriyamagata nakagojiri, and single mekugi-ana, partially filled with solder. Katanamei signature for Kato Tsunahide, reverse dated a day in the second month of Bunka 10 (February, 1813), and with a lengthy inscription that appears to be a poem; no papers. Kesho yasurime. Jihada is a very tight ko-itame, almost muji, with some visible strands of chikei. Hamon is a wide o-midare with nie throughout and areas of ashi, yakidashi. Ko maru boshi. Silvered copper habaki with vertical catscratch. Copper tsuba in aori gata form and decorated in katakiribori, with a tiger next to a river, reverse showing a scene of bamboo, signed "Somin (kao)"; no papers. Fuchi, unsigned, with carved river and florals in gold and silver. Menuki in the form of a mantis on ura, and florals on the omote. Horn kashira. Saya with vacant slot for kozuka or kogai, decorated in lacquer with mantises, dragonflies, and grasshopers. Horn koijiri and koiguchi. CONDITION: In good polish with some superficial scratching and some spotting o shinogiji. Habaki largely rubbed to copper. Mounts are very good, saya with some handling mark and indentations, evidence of relacquer. An interesting poetic sword.