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15. SHISHINTÔ KATANA AND ITS SCABE
See original version (French)
15
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15. SHISHINTÔ KATANA AND ITS SCABE
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,500 - €7,500
Voluntary lot
Description
15. SHISHINTÔ KATANA AND ITS SCABE
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century
The blade:
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri, torii-zori, chū-kissaki;
Bōshi: midare-komi;
Hamon: sudare-ba;
Hada: mokume-hada;
Nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed:
"Chikuzen no kuni jūnin Munetoshi
(Munetoshi, a resident of Chikuzen Province)”.
Copper habaki.
Toppei koshira-e, late Edo/early Meiji period:
the tsuka wrapped in same and bound with dark-blue braid, fitted with shakudō and gold-inlaid menuki in the form of dragons within medallions, a silvered-alloy fuchi-kashira, and a mokkō-gata iron tsuba decorated with peonies in sukidashi-bori, the mimi inlaid with parallel gold lines;
the black-lacquered naname-kizami saya fitted with a long silvered-alloy kojiri.
Total length 87.5 cm (34 1/2 in.); the blade (nagasa) 53.5 cm (21 in.) long; tsuba 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) (3).
To be sold without reserve
See original version (French)
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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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