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166 Mounting: 169 shitogi-tsuba is box shaped and completely golden, as is the fuchi-
CANE WITH HIDDEN BLADE Saya and tsuka (handle) are made entirely of brownish wood with a EFU NO TACHI kashira. These courtly mountings come from the late Edo period.
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Japan, Edo period very finely engraved yasurime-like pattern. The saya (sheath) has a Japan, Edo, ca. 17 to 18 century
slight curvature and fine counter-curvature. TOTAL LENGTH 101.6 CM
Blade: Blade:
Very slender shinogi-tsukuri with iorimune, suguha-hamon. The TOTAL LENGTH 78.7 CM Iorimune with shinogizukuri, hada and hamon no longer Condition: Good condition, subtle wear due to age, with minor
slender tang (nakago) ubu, one mekugi-ana, the yasurime (filing recognizable. rust on the blade
mark) sujikai. The Signature….Nihon Kaji…mune tsukuru (?), with Condition: Generally in good condition, the blade partially worn Provenance: From an Austrian private collection
Kiku-mon of Tokugawa – partially illegible. Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection Mountings:
Splendid and with considerable gold. The gold lacquer saya Estimate EUR 1.800,-
NAGASA ca. 44.7 CM Estimate EUR 1.400,- (sheath) displays the Aoi mon (hollyhock crest) of the Tokugawa Starting price EUR 900,-
Starting price EUR 700,- shoguns. The many individual pieces composing the courtly
mounting feature the finest chasework, multiple floral motifs. The

167 HEIGHT 158 CM
A YARI SPEAR
Wood, steel, bronze, bone, copper. Japan, Edo period Condition: The blade cover damaged, the rest showing its age and
usage but in good condition.
Comprising of a blade of typical form with a triangular cross Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection 170 Mountings:
section, the signed tongue pierced with one peg hole, and a MOUNTED KATANA Leather saya with signs of usage, one hitsu in the iron skashi-
wooden cylindrical Tsuka that has part of its surface decorated in Estimate EUR 800,- Japan, Edo, ca. 18 century tsuba, its motif are two fruits. Iron fuchi and kashira, the fuchi (hilt
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black lacquer, inlaid with bone and mounted with several original Starting price EUR 400,- collar) featuring chrysanthemum blossoms, the kashira a blossom
matching copper fittings. The yari ishizuki (the end cap) of iron. Blade: composition. Both bronze menuki depict horses.
The blade with leather cover. Iorimune with shinogizukuri, masame-hada, gunome-hamon
with choji. The nakago is ubu and has a mei (signature), sujikai TOTAL LENGTH 100.3 CM
yasurime, the tang’s tip kurijiri.
Condition: Good condition, leather with signs of use.
NAGASA 67.7 CM Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection

Estimate EUR 1.200,-
Starting price EUR 600,-

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A JAPANESE TANEGASHIMA MATCHLOCK RIFLE Condition: Good, age-related condition; mechanism no longer
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Wood, steel, brass. Japan, Edo period, likely 17 century fully functional
Provenance: From an important Austrian private collection,
With an octagonal steel barrel, very simply adorned with various acquired before 1930
floral crests. The wooden stock inlaid with brass rosettes and with
a brass lock and pipe trigger guard. Estimate EUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 300,-
LENGTH 106 CM Further images of all lots at: www.zacke.at

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