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A 1938-model shin-gunto-type katana, Type 98, with a shinogi…
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223
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A 1938-model shin-gunto-type katana, Type 98, with a shinogi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
A 1938-model shin-gunto-type katana, Type 98, with a shinogi-zukuri blade, suguha hamon, and a nakago with a single mekugi-ana, bearing the mark ‘Kôa Isshin Mantetsu Kinsaku’ and the date 1942; the koshirae features a brown lacquered metal scabbard with cherry blossom motifs, and a locking button on the fuchi.
Japan, 1942
Total length: 99 cm – Blade: 67.1 cm
Note: the mark ‘Kôa Isshin’ has been interpreted as a Japanese patriotic slogan meaning ‘Asia united as one heart’, whilst ‘Mantetsu Kinsaku’ refers to the foundries of the Minami Manshū Tetsudō railway company (the South Manchuria Railway Company) in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, which produced sabres for officers of the Imperial Japanese Army between 1937 and 1945, using a special steel developed in these foundries.
Expert: Anne PAPILLON, Ansas Papillon & de Léry
See original version (French)
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