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17. SHITAHARA KOTŌ WAKIZASHI IN SHIRASAYA, AND ITS FITTINGS
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17. SHITAHARA KOTŌ WAKIZASHI IN SHIRASAYA, AND ITS FITTINGS
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
17. SHITAHARA KOTŌ WAKIZASHI IN SHIRASAYA, AND ITS FITTINGS
Japan, 16th century
The blade:
Sugata: hira-zukuri;
Jihada: mokume-hada with the characteristic swirl patterns of the Shitahara school (Shitahara-hada);
Hamon: gunome-midare, ko-nie, sunagashi, kinsuji;
Bōshi: midare-komi;
Nakago: mumei (unsigned), with two mekugi-ana.
With a gilt habaki.
In a wooden shirasaya storage scabbard.
The koshira-e comprises:
a black-lacquered saya containing a monobloc iron kankyūtō-shaped kogatana, its kozuka inscribed with two verses of poetry:
“My lord’s grace weighs more than ten thousand mountains; my life weighs less than a single hair
萬山不重君恩重、一髪不軽我命軽”,
which, according to legend, are the verses inscribed on the kozuka of Ōishi Kuranosuke’s wakizashi, the leader of the Forty-seven Rōnin;
the tsuka wrapped in same and bound with beige braid, fitted with partially gilt kabuto-shaped menuki, a nanako-ji shibuichi fuchi-kashira, and a small iron kawarigata tsuba decorated with plants and a hō-ō bird inlaid in gold nunome-zōgan.
Accompanied by a Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate, no. 385305, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (NBTHK, Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 19 March 2010 (Heisei 22).
Total length 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in.); the blade (nagasa) 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.) long; tsuba 6 cm (2 3/8 in.) (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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