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Japanese sword, shirasaya katana, koshirae, NTHK certificate.
Japan, late EDO (Kansei period: 1789-1801)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk
Edge length (Nagasa): 67 cm
Nakago: 19.3 cm - Curvature (Sori): 1.6 cm
Straight blade; regular chu suguha hamon. One side features a horimono depicting an apricot blossom; the other side, bonji.
This blade is attributed to a work of the 6th generation of Hizenkoku Tadayoshi.
Nakago, yamagata kata type (asymmetrical)
Silver higo-habaki.
Black lacquered wooden scabbard (saya);
Eggshell-colored silk sagéo.
Wooden tsuka, covered with shagreen and braided with eggshell silk.
Fushi kashira en suite, in blued copper with gold dots, decorated with a quail among the reeds.
Menuki in chased and patinated copper, depicting a standard.
Tsuba maru-gatta in wrought iron, openwork and engraved with geometric motifs.
Very good condition.
Supplied with its NTHK certificate, also known as Nihon Bijutsu Touken Hozon Kyokai (the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Sword Art).
Ref.: 5885
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