The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
Property from an Important Private Collection
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May 10, 03:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
A Yamato Tegai school wakizashi
Attributed to Monju
Muromachi period, 15th century
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, deep tori-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Pronounced ko-itame hada with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: A rich nioikuchi suguha in niedeki with nijuba, yo, sunagashi and extended kinsuji
Boshi [tip]: Nioikuchi in hakikake [brushstroke] style
Nakago [tang]: Ha-agari jiri, one mekugi-ana, mumei
Habaki [collar]: Copper, single clad
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki attestation by Hon'ami Yasaburo attributing the blade to Yamato no kuni Kaneyoshi
Koshirae [mount]: The lacquered wood saya [scabbard] carved in low and high relief with dragons among swirling clouds and key fret patterns, associated fuchi-kashira [hilt-band and pommel] with cloud and uroko patterns, the wood kozuka with a coiled dragon in gilt, the circular iron tsuba chased and engraved with a further dragon among clouds
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 45.7 cm., 18 in.
Sori [curvature]: 1.5 cm., ⅝ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.9 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.5 cm., 1 in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preservation], no. 3024198 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Reiwa 2 (2020).