The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of a Gentleman
Lot Closed
May 11, 02:42 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
A Katana
Signed Kii no kuni Yasumitsu
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, shallow tori-zori, with ko-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Small ko-itame hada, with some ji-nie and togari-ba
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Midare all in ko-nie, yakidashi, a short kaeri
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: Osujikai yasuirme, with two mekugi-ana, signed Kii no kuni Yasumitsu (Yasumitsu from Kii Province)
Habaki [collar]: Silver
Koshirae [mount]: The black lacquer saya inlaid in aogai, the fuchi-kashira in shakudo gilt and copper on a nanako ground, the fuchi with raised a naganaki, the kashira of a kabuto, the tsuka with black ito, the mokko-gata tsuba decorated with shakudo fukurin on nanako, mumei
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 72 cm., 28⅛ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3 cm., 1⅛ in.
The koshirae: 98 cm., 38½ in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preserving], no. 3011054 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 28 (2016).