Description:
A WAKIZASHI IN KOSHIRAE
Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868)
The blade:
The slender, relatively smaller blade with iori mune and shinogi-zukuri, the hamon is suguha to notare and with nie. The tang is mumei with two mekugi-ana, the yasurime is sujikai, the tang tip is ha-agari kurijiri.
The mounting:
The rectangular bronze and black-stained tsuba is smooth on both sides and has bordered corners as well as two hitsu. The bronze fuchi shows ducks in water while the kashira shows a fisherman with a fishing rod, partly gilt. The menuki is circular and with a gilt mitsudomo-e (three swirls). The black saya with a finely grained texture, the elegantly curved tip with a gilt metal fitting. The kozuka is missing.
NAGASA 34.6 cm
total LENGTH in koshirae 62 cm
Provenance: Hungarian private collection.
Condition: Blemishes and corrosion on the surface of the blade. The saya is in good condition. The kozuka is missing.