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12. ECHIZEN SHINTÔ WAKIZASHI AND ITS FITTINGS
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12. ECHIZEN SHINTÔ WAKIZASHI AND ITS FITTINGS
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €9,000
Voluntary lot
Description
12. ECHIZEN SHINTÔ WAKIZASHI AND ITS FITTINGS
By Shigetaka, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century
The blade:
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, torii-zori, chū-kissaki;
Hamon: notare gunome majiri, ōmaru kaeri-bōshi;
ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, yasurime sujikai, ha-agari kurijiri, signed: “Echizen no jū Harima Daijō Fujiwara Shigetaka 越前住幡磨大掾藤原重高 (Fujiwara Shigetaka, Daijō of Harima, residing in Echizen)”.
Copper habaki.
The koshira-e, dating from the Meiji period (1868–1912), comprising:
the saya covered in nashiji lacquer, fitted with a kogatana, the shakudō kozuka inlaid with a gilt-copper bouquet of flowers on a nanako ground;
the tsuka wrapped in the same, fitted with gilt menuki in the shape of a daikon, a sentoku fuchi-kashira inlaid with shibuichi and gold depicting fish and seaweed, and a sentoku nadekakugata tsuba decorated with a nocturnal landscape of a stream beneath a crescent moon amidst clouds, carved and inlaid with copper and silver (hirazōgan), signed Shigemitsu 重光.
Accompanied by a Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate, no. 326376, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (NBTHK, Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 29 April 1976 (Shōwa 51).
Total length 68.5 cm (27 in.); the blade (nagasa) 45 cm (17 3/4 in.); tsuba 7.5 cm (2 7/8 in.); kogatana 20.3 cm (8 in.) long (2).
To be sold without reserve
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About the sale
Asian Decorative Art, including Japanese Weapons and Armour, from a European Collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/23/2026 at 12:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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