Description:
A WAKIZASHI IN KOSHIRAE
Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868)
The blade:
The slender blade with iori mune and elegant bohi throughout, the hamon is a slightly wavy suguha with nie. The short tang is mumei with two mekugi-ana, the tang tip is kirijiri.
The mounting:
The bronze tsuba is of mok-kogata shape, without hitsu, a lightly gilt floral relief over the dense nanakoji. Floral vines on the copper fuchi, the kashira is smooth. Various menuki are mostly covered by the tsuka-ito. The lacquer red-brown saya with gilt floral decorations, all metal parts are also gilt and show floral engraving.
NAGASA 46.6 cm
total LENGTH in koshirae 64.7 cm
Provenance: Hungarian private collection.
Condition: The blade in very good condition with only very minor faults. The saya with some wear, chips and scratches to lacquer.