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An itomaki no tachi koshirae [sword mount] | Edo – Meiji period, 19th century

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An itomaki no tachi koshirae [sword mount]

Edo – Meiji period, 19th century

 

the finely powdered nashiji ground, decorated in gold hiramaki-e with chrysanthemum crests (kiku mon), the nanako ground and gilt inlaid fittings all with chrysanthemums, the mokko-gata tachi tsuba with further chrysanthemums on a nanako ground 

 

97 cm., 38½ in. long

 

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu [Sword Fitting Especially Worthy of Preservation], no.228729 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 20 (2008).

Art of the Samurai: The Paul L. Davidson Collection (New York, 2023), p. 80.