Asian Art / 5000 Years

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A tanto, signed Fujiwara Nobutaka, Japan, Edo period, 19th century

Lot closes

December 12, 12:38 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

Starting Bid

2,600 EUR

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Description

Sugata [configuration]: hirazukuri, iori-munei, muzori

Kitae [forging pattern]: itame-hada

Hamon [tempering pattern]: notare hamon with some midare in nie, plentiful ashi,

Boshi [tip]: maru boshi with deep turnback

Nakago [tang]: ubu, ha-agari kurijiri, kesho yasurime file markings, one mekugi ana, the omote signed Fujiwara Nobutaka

Habaki [collar]: single clad, silvered, chased and engraved

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]

Koshirae [mount]: the aikuchi tanto-koshirae with a dense nashiji ground, the silvered fittings chased and engraved with peonies, the kozuka [knife handle] and kogai [hair dressing tool] emblazoned with hanabishi crests, the kogai pierced with an inome-bori opening, the silvered menuki in the form of karashishi, one with a sprig of peony bud in its mouth, the other beside a large blossoming peony flowerhead

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 19.3 cm, 7⅝ in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.9 cm, ¾ in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.3 cm, ⅞ in.

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preservation], attributing the blade to the tenth generation of the Fujiwara Nobutaka line and dating the work circa Keio era (1865-1868), no. 3029947 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Reiwa 4 (2022).

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