The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 47. An Uda School tanto | Attributed to Uda Kuniyoshi and with kinzogan [gold inlay] inscription | Unotsu Muromachi period, circa 1430, the koshirae 19th century.

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An Uda School tanto | Attributed to Uda Kuniyoshi and with kinzogan [gold inlay] inscription | Unotsu Muromachi period, circa 1430, the koshirae 19th century

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November 2, 02:48 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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The Property of an American Collector

An Uda School tanto

Attributed to Uda Kuniyoshi and with kinzogan [gold inlay] inscription Unotsu

Muromachi period, circa 1430, the koshirae 19th century 


Sugata [configuration]: Slight uchizori

Kitae [forging pattern]: Masame-hada mixed with ko-itame, fine chikei, nie-utsuri

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Suguba in ko-nie deki

Boshi [tip]: Long kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu, mumei, and with kinzogan inscription Unotsu

Habaki [collar]: Silver

Koshirae [mount]: The fine issaku tanto koshirae decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi-e and keuchi on a polished deep red ground with scattered autumn maple leaves, the rogin fittings chased, engraved and inlaid with cherry blossoms and their falling petals, the kojiri in the form of a stylised cloud, the fuchi signed Ikkin with kao, the kogai signed Ikkin, the ribbed black lacquer tsuka with copper-gilt roundel on the omote and rogin roundel on the ura representing the sun and the moon

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 22.1 cm., 8¼ in. 

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2 cm., ¾ in. 


The tanto accompanied by a certificate of registration as Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preservation], no. 380158 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 20 (2008). 


The koshirae accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu [Sword Fitting Especially Worthy of Preserving], no. 2002703 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 27 (2015). 

Funada Ikkin (1812-1862) was among Goto Ichijo's five most highly regarded pupils, renowned for his skill in taka-nikubori [high-relief carving]. Following ten years of apprenticeship, Ichijo bestowed Funada a character from his own name, a practice reserved only for one's most promising students. Ikkin was famous for his katakiribori carvings and kosuki-bori technique, often employed in his depictions of plum trees.

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