Japanese Saber, Katana - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)

Japanese saber, Katana
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)

Steel, wood, iron, silver, lacquer, silk, brass, copper 

Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 66.1 cm

Nakago: 16.5 cm - Curvature (Sori): 2.4 cm



Kata Shinogi blade, Mune Hikushi, Notare temper line.
Nakago Funa Gata (boat hull), Jiri Kiri or Kaku Ichi Monji (truncated).

Copper Yuo-habaki covered with a thin sheet of gilded silver.
Wooden scabbard (saya) covered with textured lacquer.
Silver Koigushi chased with scrolls.
Buffalo horn Kojiri and Kurigata.

Sageo in black silk.

Wooden tsuka, covered in shagreen and woven with green silk. 

Menuki representing two golden shells, abalone and clam.

Tsuba Maru Gata, in iron decorated with a landscape with trees along a river, figures and a boat, all enhanced with gold, brass and copper.
Fuchi Kashira en suite, in textured copper.
Seppa in brass, steel and copper.



Very good condition.



Catalogue number: 5390



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