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AN OSORAKU TANTO WITH MOUNTS A LATER BIZEN TANTO WITH MOUNTS MICHAEL KAUFFMANN
Edo period (19th century) By Yokoyama Sukekane, dated 1847
Shinogizukuri, iorimune, extended kissaki, Hirazukuri, iorimune with a sakizori curvature and 3341
koshizori, forged in flowing itame in ji-nie forged with a tight ko-itamehada and with a choji A LATER BIZEN TANTO IN MOUNTS
and with a suguha tempered edge with gunome tempered edge turning to notare at By Sukesada, Edo period (18th century)
sunagashi on the omote side, the ura with the tip and with ashi, sunagashi, nie, utsuri and Hirazukuri, iorimune, slight sakizori, indistinct
gunome midare, the boshi with a short yakidashi, the tip ko-maru, ubu tang with two forging pattern and tempered edge, slight
return, carved with koshi-hi ni soe-hi on holes and katte sagari file marks and signed Bizen machiokuri tang with sujikai file marks, one
both sides, ubu tang with one hole and kiri Usafune no ju Yokoyama Sukekane and dated hole and signed Bizen kuni no ju Osafune
file marks, 7 3/4in (19.6cm) long; one-piece Koka yonen hachigatsu (no) hi; 11 1/4in (28.6cm) Genzae jo Sukesada saku and illegibly
silver habaki; in shirasaya long; one-piece gold foil habaki; in shirasaya inscribed with the name of the patron who
commissioned the sword, 12 3/8in (31.3cm)
The koshira-e comprising a ribbed red lacquer The koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer ishime long; one-piece gold foil habaki
saya fitted with sentoku mounts finished saya decorated with a mottled green and red
in ishime and arare patterns, kozuka and lacquer and incised decoration and fitted with In 19th-century koshira-e comprising and
kogai decorated with a crab on rocks in copper nanako kozuka and kojiri decorated with red and black striped lacquer saya with
iro-e takazogan and scrolling vines in silver floral family crests in shakudo takazogan, the tsuka gilt-metal hardware carved with dragons
hirazogan, tsuka wrapped in black silk with with black silk wrap over same and mounted in clouds, the kozuka-guchi inscribed
gold and shakudo shishi menuki with copper fuchi-gashira similarly decorated to Yasuchika, fitted with a kozuka carved
$3,000 - 4,000 match the kozuka and kojiri and gold and shakudo with flowering gourd vines in gilt metal and
menuki of blossoming branches inscribed Umetada Hirokazu with a kao, the
$3,000 - 4,000 tsuka wrapped in brocade over lacquered
same and fitted with fuchi-gashira matching
With Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of the saya inscribed Yasuchika and with gilt-
Preserving) certificate no. 365728 issued by copper menuki formed as dragons, the
the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (The tanto mokko nanako tsuba carved with
Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art flowering vines and decorated in gilt
Sword), dated 2003.12.19. $1,500 - 2,500
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