"Japanese Sword Small Tanto Or Kaiken Japan, Edo Period."
Japanese small tanto or Kaiken swordJapan, Edo period.
Wood, steel, gilded brass, horn, lacquer
Total length : 31,5 ; Blade length : 27,5cm
Straight blade, regular and straight hamon.
Tsuka with beads, lacquered with rivet on the flower-shaped mekugi.
Kashira in horn. Lacquered wooden saya with beaded horn and koiguchi engraved with the dragon motif.
The dragon motif is found on the reinforcement of the kogai passage. At the bottom of the saya is applied a fine engraved piece of a sword with a dragon coiled on it.
Kogai in engraved brass.
Very good condition.
Reference : 3560
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