September 10-12, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2024
50.7cm nagasa, proportionally sized for a boy or young man, with shinogi zukuri form, ubu but remounted at least once as hole is closer to an "8" than one mekugi-ana, katanamei signed "Choshu Ishido Masahira Saku", ura dated 3rd month of the 10th year of Tempo. Ha agari kurijiri nakagojiri. Proportional chu-kissaki, with chu-maru boshi. Hamon is a gentle notare midare with sunagashi and ashi, jihada with mokume and masame, with chikei and jinie. Silver foil catscratch habaki. Tsuba in mokko gata form, decorated with incised florals, highlighted with gilt on underside, and fit with a shakudo rim. Fuchi and kashira with stylized incised waves with gold dots, menuki with samurai fighting on horseback, one drawing back his bow and the other charging. Saya with an orange and brown nashiji lacquer, semegane and kojiri en suite with fuchi and kashira. CONDITION: Blade is in good polish with some very minor handling marks, mostly in shinogi-ji, with features clearly defined throughout.Mounts are good with some age related staining and rubs. Saya with some chips and handling marks throughout, and repaired along mune side in two sections. A well presenting sword.