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Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
25 October - 2 November 2021 • London

1. A rare lacquer box | Signed Tamura Hisahide | Edo period, 19th century
![A suzuribako [writing box] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/52fa000/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ffa%2F1d%2F084da5ac42bdbbfbc7fcaf15e7dd%2Fl21229-c278z-01-t2.jpg)
2. A suzuribako [writing box] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century
![A zaboshi kabuto [helmet with seated rivets] | Edo Period 17th - 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f3aed18/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fd0%2F58%2F79899dc843508a5ce35c456ae46d%2Fl21229-c2g4b-02.jpg)
3. A zaboshi kabuto [helmet with seated rivets] | Edo Period 17th - 18th century
![A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/98419f3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F9c%2F46%2Fc85660484680bcd597e9927c3c23%2Fl21229-bznbs-02.jpg)
4. A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
![An Iwai school daienzan suji-bachi [hemispherical-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ca7b4d5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3b%2Ff2%2Fd40ef88648e2ac78c503f15d95a2%2Fl21229-bznbc-02.jpg)
5. An Iwai school daienzan suji-bachi [hemispherical-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century
![A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Signed Munetsugu saku (made by Munetsugu) | Edo period, 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7805246/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F68%2F99%2F1910c8ae4eb39826d1047e828ca0%2Fl21229-bznbb-02.jpg)
6. A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Signed Munetsugu saku (made by Munetsugu) | Edo period, 18th century
![An akoda-nari suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a00eb4b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F53%2Fa6%2F62de0edb439e8b936c300212f3a7%2Fl21229-bznbd-02.jpg)
7. An akoda-nari suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
![A suji-bach [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Saotome Iesada | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bb82cad/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F80%2F92%2Fb69b442d4248a1ff8538a242468e%2Fl21229-bznbr-02.jpg)
8. A suji-bach [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Saotome Iesada | Edo period, 17th century
![A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Momoyama - Edo period, 16th - 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ea5320/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F7e%2F2d%2Fb2138e304403895129d8a270bb78%2Fl21229-bzqzc-02-t2.jpg)
9. A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Momoyama - Edo period, 16th - 17th century
![A momonari kabuto [peach shaped helmet] | The helmet bowl Momoyama -Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/145adc8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3a%2F7c%2Fdb0744eb48a69016d8a48ffc39ca%2Fl21229-c2zh2-03-t2-new-1-cropped.jpg)
10. A momonari kabuto [peach shaped helmet] | The helmet bowl Momoyama -Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
![A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th – 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9b491ca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F48%2Fb8%2F7df9a5014e43b2373ea4bdc561df%2Fl21229-c2g49-02.jpg)
11. A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th – 19th century
![A hotoke-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century, the helmet 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c128a73/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Faa%2Ff4%2F639f1e1e4b2484291d17857f183a%2Fl21229-c2g47-02.jpg)
12. A hotoke-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century, the helmet 17th century
![A nerikawa nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th-19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/65f2623/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F70%2Fcd%2F577ec34446648e413aa5c0ae617d%2Fl21229-c2g48-02.jpg)
13. A nerikawa nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th-19th century
![A nanban-do gusoku [armour] | The kabuto signed Saotome | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8623bb3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F42%2Fed%2Fbb50efab4e45a0cbbe88465e4bf9%2Fl21229-bzw5d-02.jpg)
14. A nanban-do gusoku [armour] | The kabuto signed Saotome | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
![A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b0e306b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F72%2Fe4%2Fc0ee852e4e27a96b0b5e0bac471b%2Fl21229-bwl96-02.jpg)
15. A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
![A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8b04cd9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fe7%2Ff5%2Ff21980a04abd8e1a88ad5144bb89%2Fl21229-bztxg-02.jpg)
16. A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
![A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th-18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3600533/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Faf%2Fec%2Fb75234664c10a46ae065490b377b%2Fl21229-bztxf-02.jpg)
17. A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th-18th century
![A fine honkozane tachi-do gusoku [true lamellae armour with two-plate cuirass] | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/49bce9e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F5a%2F7b%2Fbb3d05a649d1b1956cf1efdc3e54%2Fl21229-bwl98-02.jpg)
18. A fine honkozane tachi-do gusoku [true lamellae armour with two-plate cuirass] | Edo period, 17th century
![A nanban-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Saotome Ienari | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9cdd22e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F39%2Fbf%2Feb7797844838854bb977d5e32c4d%2Fl21229-bwl98-02-orig.jpg)
19. A nanban-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Saotome Ienari | Edo period, 17th century
![A Mori okegawa nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu-ju Saotome Ietada (Saotome Ietada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, late 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cbe3c66/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff2%2F24%2Fdde7bf3c4be3b7977d95eb60b0e7%2Fl21229-bztdr-01.jpg)
20. A Mori okegawa nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu-ju Saotome Ietada (Saotome Ietada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, late 17th century
![A honkozane do-maru gusoku [armour] | The kabuto signed Yamato no Kami Nagakuni saku (made by Nagakuni from Yamaoto Province) | Edo period, 17th - 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0e6dd2f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F4e%2F02%2F4f72f73b4aaca345e0c699ae038d%2Fl21229-bznb8-02.jpg)
21. A honkozane do-maru gusoku [armour] | The kabuto signed Yamato no Kami Nagakuni saku (made by Nagakuni from Yamaoto Province) | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
![A nimai-do gusoku [armour] with a rare kazaori eboshi kabuto [helmet in the form of a wind-swept court cap] | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f95ed07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F27%2Fb1%2Fb6d7fb7845bf9e19d21369342a7c%2Fl21229-bznb7-10.jpg)
22. A nimai-do gusoku [armour] with a rare kazaori eboshi kabuto [helmet in the form of a wind-swept court cap] | Edo period, 17th century
![A gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Myochin Muneyuki | Edo period, 17th - 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2389a90/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F89%2F29%2F9b4a05da493a9780484e8b16d46b%2Fl21229-bznb6-02.jpg)
23. A gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Myochin Muneyuki | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
![An iroiro-odoshi nimai-do gusoku [armour with variegated lacing] | The helmet signed by Myochin Nobuie (circa 1504-54) | Edo period, 16th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ce31ecc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fe5%2F5f%2Fae1ff8cd4a61b0f8387f417f2d4d%2Fl21229-c2fzj-02.jpg)
24. An iroiro-odoshi nimai-do gusoku [armour with variegated lacing] | The helmet signed by Myochin Nobuie (circa 1504-54) | Edo period, 16th century
![A honkozane munatori do-maru gusoku [armour] | The mempo signed moto Munesuke shinzu Myochin Munetaka (Myochin Munetaka, based on a design by Munesuke) | Edo period, 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dfeca69/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F9a%2F1a%2F7a05d15844ab822ec6d23119f5c2%2Fl21229-c2fzb-02.jpg)
25. A honkozane munatori do-maru gusoku [armour] | The mempo signed moto Munesuke shinzu Myochin Munetaka (Myochin Munetaka, based on a design by Munesuke) | Edo period, 18th century
![A happuri [solid plate face guard] | 19th -20th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d6ae9c1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fcb%2Fdd%2Fe29f9af545c9afec6c5377ba93f5%2Fl21229-c24cj-01-t3.jpg)
26. A happuri [solid plate face guard] | 19th -20th century
![A tengu men [face mask formed as a tengu] | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6a54501/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F84%2Fed%2F4bd62f9b4c89aa25e6ab4ee1010e%2Fl21229-c24cd-01-t3.jpg)
27. A tengu men [face mask formed as a tengu] | Edo period, 17th century
![A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/addedc5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fcf%2F43%2F9f2dc79c4dc3867d170f45fc4e77%2Fl21229-c24cg-01-t3.jpg)
28. A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
![A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3b53a45/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8f%2F61%2Fef88ea444376acc8c9202fddea01%2Fl21229-c24ch-01-t3.jpg)
29. A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
![A fine somen [full face mask] Signed Myochin Munesada Edo period, 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/728517a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F5b%2Ffe%2F1e6a4ce04d0da2f5e7d46e4b3283%2Fl21229-c2zgx-01.jpg)
30. A fine somen [full face mask] Signed Myochin Munesada Edo period, 19th century
![A jingasa [war hat] | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cf62d9a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F17%2Fe1%2F128a9ba3415a8a32b0cc31c47f20%2Fl21229-bzkc2-02-t2.jpg)
31. A jingasa [war hat] | Edo period, 17th century
![A jingasa [war hat] | Edo Period, 19th Century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ad600f9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fe1%2F20%2F316050d04ca78baa002cb319ef37%2Fl21229-bw63j-02-t2.jpg)
32. A jingasa [war hat] | Edo Period, 19th Century
![A fine umiari suikan-gura [riding saddle with double register pommel] Signed Ise Suruga no kami Sadamasa saku (made by Ise Suruga no kami Sadamasa) and with kao Muromachi period, dated Kanoto hitsuji sangatsu hi (a day in March 1451)](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/da64d02/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F2b%2F35%2F6dbc643c452585b5d3ecafa1b6d2%2Fl21229-c2fzn-01.jpg)
33. A fine umiari suikan-gura [riding saddle with double register pommel] Signed Ise Suruga no kami Sadamasa saku (made by Ise Suruga no kami Sadamasa) and with kao Muromachi period, dated Kanoto hitsuji sangatsu hi (a day in March 1451)
![A lacquer kura [saddle], the frame with a date of Koji ninen (1556) and a kao, and abumi [stirrups] ensuite | Edo period, 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/46f5608/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1499+0+0/resize/150x112!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F88%2Fbe%2F129e949546cbbffad1c8bfc57dd1%2Fl21229-c2y3w-01.jpg)
34. A lacquer kura [saddle], the frame with a date of Koji ninen (1556) and a kao, and abumi [stirrups] ensuite | Edo period, 19th century
![A pair of abumi [stirrups] | Signed Kashu Ju Kunihira saku (made by Kunihira, a resident of Kashu Province) | Edo period, 17th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5ef0344/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1499+0+0/resize/150x112!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff2%2F1d%2F04f5e2714ef6ac911ae5b6cb1195%2Fl21229-c2y49-01.jpg)
35. A pair of abumi [stirrups] | Signed Kashu Ju Kunihira saku (made by Kunihira, a resident of Kashu Province) | Edo period, 17th century
![A yari [spear] | Signed Yashu ju Hosokawa Masanori saku (made by Hosokawa Masanori from Shimotsuke Province) | Meiji peiord, dated 1881](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2d8dd1a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/390x2000+0+0/resize/150x769!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F83%2F48%2Fadf149ec4354a98d8ba01ca8d69f%2Fl21229-bt3sc-01-t2.jpg)
36. A yari [spear] | Signed Yashu ju Hosokawa Masanori saku (made by Hosokawa Masanori from Shimotsuke Province) | Meiji peiord, dated 1881
![A sasaho yari [young bamboo leaf-shaped spear] | Signed Kanefusa | Muromachi period, 16th century, the koshirae 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/eff7d65/2147483647/strip/true/crop/301x2000+0+0/resize/150x997!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fdd%2F55%2Fce76efa34a5caf9adcceceaa4529%2Fl21229-bzzsl-02-t2.jpg)
37. A sasaho yari [young bamboo leaf-shaped spear] | Signed Kanefusa | Muromachi period, 16th century, the koshirae 19th century
![An Umetada yari [spear] | Edo period, 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7b39e8e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/540x2000+0+0/resize/150x556!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F73%2Fee%2F1f427c614754829d7d5c2b59af41%2Fl21229-bzm5s-02-t2.jpg)
38. An Umetada yari [spear] | Edo period, 19th century

39. A tanto | Edo period, 19th century

40. A tanto | Edo period, 19th century

41. A tanto | Signed Izumi no kami Kunisada | Edo period, 17th century | the koshirae | Meiji period, late 19th century

42. A fine tanto | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century
![An aikuchi tanto with ebi-kizami koshirae [sword mount in the form of a crayfish] | Signed Iwato Minamoto Kiyotaka | Edo period, 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5d0811c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1642x2000+0+0/resize/150x183!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F11%2F6b%2F2454050a4db6a6b305bf5f1be6a4%2Fl21229-c24cc-group.jpg)
43. An aikuchi tanto with ebi-kizami koshirae [sword mount in the form of a crayfish] | Signed Iwato Minamoto Kiyotaka | Edo period, 19th century
![A tanto with cloisonne enamel saya [scabbard] | Meiji period, late 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6cf2dac/2147483647/strip/true/crop/364x2000+0+0/resize/150x824!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8f%2F4c%2F070ee6ff4f9ab2112fa24df642bf%2Fl21229-bzqzl-02-t3.jpg)
44. A tanto with cloisonne enamel saya [scabbard] | Meiji period, late 19th century

45. A tachi with cloisonné enamel scabbard | With signature Sadamune | Meiji period, late 19th century

46. A tanto | Edo period, 19th century
![An Uda School tanto | Attributed to Uda Kuniyoshi and with kinzogan [gold inlay] inscription | Unotsu Muromachi period, circa 1430, the koshirae 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0b294bb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1642x2000+0+0/resize/150x183!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F28%2F1b%2F07c248c64a7cb0a34fa27568481d%2Fl21229-bzqz4-group.jpg)
47. An Uda School tanto | Attributed to Uda Kuniyoshi and with kinzogan [gold inlay] inscription | Unotsu Muromachi period, circa 1430, the koshirae 19th century

48. A katana | Signed Tenmangu ni oite rokujunichi kyoku seishin kitae Yukihira kore o tsukru (made by Yukihira and forged to the most extreme purity for sixty days in Tenmangu) | Edo period, dated Genroku go mizunoe-saru nigatsu saijobi (an auspicious day in February 1692)