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JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868).
Samurai Wakizashi.
Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 51.2 cm
Nakago: 14.80cm - Curvature (Sori): 1.3 cm
KASHIRA in shakudo inlaid with copper and silver paulownia leaves.
TSUKA in wood, covered with ray skin and braided with black silk.
MENUKIS in gilded copper featuring flowering branches.
FUSHI in gilded copper on a nanako background featuring a child dragging a figure sitting cross-legged on a bag of riches.
TSUBA moka gata in wrought and openwork iron with peony decoration, inlaid with copper and silver dots on the mimi, unsigned.
SAYA in red lacquered wood with hira makie decoration of a sparrow in flight above a tree.
Two-part copper HABAKI.
Straight blade (slight tempering damage), tang with two holes and unsigned.
photos of blade on request
Dimensions: 80 x 7 x 6.5 cm.
Ref: 57UPE0PF9L