Description
KATANA
with a shinogi-zukuri blade, gunome hamon, nakago with two mekugi-ana, signed Bingo no Kami Fujiwara Kanetaka; koshirae with a black lacquered scabbard decorated with gold and brown hira and takamaki-e patterns, by Kinko on the carp, a maru-gata iron tsuba decorated in relief with figures in a boat, a shakudo fuchi with iroe-takazogan depicting Roshi and a crane, signed Masuda Yoshimichi.
(Stains on the blade; the tip of the kissaki is very slightly blunted; the kojiri, menuki and kashira are missing; the same is damaged and left bare).
Japan, first half of the 17th century.
A KATANA, SIGNED BINGO NO KAMI FUJIWARA KANETAKA, JAPAN, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
LENGTH: 59.8 CM (23 9/16 IN.)
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