Japan Muromachi period (1492-1501) for the blade.
Steel, wood, lacquer, bronze, iron.
Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 39 cm
Nakago: 12 cm - Curvature, (Sori): 0.9 cm - weight 340g
Curved kata shinogi blade, regular straight suguha hamon, notare yakiba.
Funa Gata (boat hull) Nakago.
Silver Yujo-habaki.
Wooden scabbard (saya), covered with red and black lacquer.
Braided burgundy Sageo.
Koigushi and Kurigata in buffalo horn.
Ishi dzuki in chased bronze, en suite.
Kogatana, Kozuka with dragon motif coiled on sword.
Copper Kagaï with nenufar flowers in relief.
Black-lacquered wooden Tsuka decorated with a gold-lacquered dragon.
Chased bronze fushi, kabuto gane en suite.
Tsuba mokko Gata, in iron, with a slightly moving sea motif and a constellation of gold dots.
Brass Seppa Dai.
Certificate: The NBTHK has judged this sword to be a Sue-Mihara. Sue-Mihara refers to the Mihara school towards the end of the Muromachi period.
Very good condition.
Reference : 5193
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