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SABRE called Wakizashi, in shirasaya
Japan
Ōan period (1368-1375)
Steel, wood, iron, lacquer, silk, shakudo, gold, silver, suaka
Nagasa: 58; Sori: 1.3 cm
(Old damage)
Blade type Kanmuri Otoshi, Mune Takashi, temper line type O Choji; attributed to Etchu no kuni Tametsugu.
Gilt silver Habaki, chased with geometric motifs.
Blade Saya signed.
Saya of the wooden koshirae, covered with textured brown lacquer with black stippling.
Koi guchi and Kuri gata in lacquered buffalo horn.
Shitodome in steel covered with shakudo.
Sageo in white and yellow silk.
Wooden Tsuka, stingray-covered, braided with navy-blue silk.
Kogatana with shakudo-covered copper Kotsuka, chiseled Ryû dragon enhanced with gold, shibuichi yoke; blade signed.
Tsuba Naga Maru Gata in shakudo-covered copper, decorated with the Ryū dragon with gold eyes, whiskers and tail; copper Sekigane.
Menuki depicting two rats in shakudo with golden eyes.
Fuchi in copper covered with shakudo chased in bas-relief of a hat with gold cords; engraved with a golden cane.
Kashira in shakudo, engraved in bas-relief with the mask with gold cords of the Hannya deity - an evil spirit from Japanese folklore, a feminine demon embodying suffering, anger and hatred; in suaka with eyes and horns enhanced with gold.
Item no.: 5880
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