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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE
COLLECTION
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A TACHI IN “TIGER-SKIN” MOUNTS
Edo period (18th century)
Honzukuri, iorimune, o-gissaki and koshizori
with a wide mihaba, forged in flowing itame
with a suguha tempered edge with sunagashi
and kinsuji based in nioi and nie, the boshi
o-maru, o-suriage tang with kiri file marks
and three holes, one plugged, 30 5/8in
(77.8cm) long, motohaba: 1 1/2in (3.9cm)
wide, sakihaba: 1 1/16in (2.8cm), with a
shakudo and gilt one-piece habaki, in “tiger-
skin” tachi mounts, considerable losses to
the fur, the hardware shakudo ishime with gilt black-lacquer ishime saya, the tsuka wrapped
highlights and large gilt-metal menuki formed
as dragons
$1,000 - 1,500
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OTHER PROPERTIES
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A YAMASHIRO WAKIZASHI
WITH MOUNTS
By Kinmichi, Edo period (19th century)
Honzukuri, iorimune, ko-gissaki shallow
toriizori, forged in itamehada and with
a narrow suguha tempered edge and a
hakikake boshi, ubu tang with sujikai file
marks and two holes, signed Nihon kaji sosho
Iga (no) kami Fujiwara Kinmichi and with
chrysanthemum mark and inscribed Raijo,
one-piece silvered copper habaki, 17 15/16in
(45.6cm) long, in shirasaya
With a 19th-century koshira-e comprising a
in blue silk and fitted with Mino shakudo nanako
fuchi-gashirawith birds in plum trees and
shakudo and goldmenuki of hanging flower
baskets, the sukashiChoshu tsuba pierced
with a long-tailed bird in a pine tree with gold
highlights signed Choshu ju Tomokazu
$3,500 - 4,500
The smith is probably the 10th generation
Kinmichi.
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A BROAD KASHU WAKIZASHI
By Kaifu Ujiyoshi, Edo period (19th century)
Katakiri ha zukuri, iorimune, toriizori and
o-gissaki, forged in itame mixed with mokume
with visible ji-nie and with a broad suguha
on the omote tapering to the hamachi and a
narrow suguha on the ura, the boshi o-maru,
signed above the shinogi kashu Kaifu no ju
Ujiyoshi saku the tang ubu with sujikai file
marks and one hole, 20 1/16in (50.9cm) long,
motohaba: 1 7/16in (3.8cm) wide, sakihaba: 1
1/8in (2.8cm) wide; one-piece copper habaki;
in a shirasaya
$4,000 - 5,000
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