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Wakizashi sword
Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, shagreen, iron, gold, horn
Nagasa: 51.7 cm; Nakago: 14.2 cm
Sori: 1.5 cm
(Missing)
Kata shinogi type blade, mune hikushi.
Nakago funa gata and kiri or kaku ichi monji.
Silver-plated copper habaki.
Wooden saya covered in black lacquer.
Lacquered buffalo horn koi guchi.
Wooden tsuka ito covered in shagreen, wrapped with black silk.
Chiseled copper fuchi and kashira with flowers highlighted in gold.
Copper menuuki depicting four gilded shishi.
Iri mokko tsuba made of iron.
Chiseled copper seppa.
The holes in the tsuka ito do not align with the holes in the nakago.
Ref.: 6645
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