Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, iron, gold, lacquer, silk, brass
Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 70 cm
Nakago: 21.2 cm - Curvature, (Sori): 2 cm
(Old damage)
Torii Zori type blade, regular and straight shank.
Brass habaki.
Wooden scabbard (saya), black lacquered with mother-of-pearl flakes.
Wooden tsuka, covered in shagreen and woven with dark silk.
Menuki with shell motif.
Tsuba Nagamaru gata, iron, openwork.
Fushi-Kashira en suite, decorated with floral motifs.
Catalogue number: 4597
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