The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
Property from a Private Collector in Los Angeles
Lot Closed
November 2, 02:49 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collector in Los Angeles
An Echizen katana
Signed Echizen Yasutsugu kore otsukuru, nanban tetsu (made by Yasutsugu from Echizen, with foreign steel) and with aoi mon [leaves of wild ginger crest]
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, tori-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Ko-mokume hada, becoming itame in places
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Ko-midare hamon, wider to the monouchi, in ko-nie deki and also nioi, ending with a yakidashi
Boshi [tip]: Suguha with very short kaeri
Nakago [tang]: Kengyo nakago-jiri, signed Echizen Yasutsugu kore o tsukuru, nanban tetsu (made by Yasutsugu from Echizen, with foreign steel) and with aoi mon [leaves of wild ginger crest]
Habaki [collar]: Copper-gilt clad
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki by Dr. Kanzan Sato and with kao
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 54.6 cm., 21⅛ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.1 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.9 cm., 1⅛ in.