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A KOTO KATANA IN TACHI MOUNTS
Muromachi period (1336-1573), 15th
century
Honzukuri, iorimune, ko-gissaki, koshizori
forged in flowing itame hada and with a
ko-midare tempered edge with bo-utsuri,
ko-choji, ashi, sunagashi and a midare komi
boshi, the tang o-suriage with indistinct file
marks and two holes, one-piece gold foil
habaki, 27 1/2in (69.9cm) long
The 19th-century tachi goshirae comprising a
nashiji saya decorated with chrysanthemum
and paulownia crests in gold hiramaki-e, the
hardware shakudo and gilt-metal finished in a
nanako ground, the tsuka wrapped in leather
and fitted with menuki formed as family
crests, no tsuba

US$2,500 - 3,500
2253
A LATER BIZEN WAKIZASHI
After Kiyomitsu, Muromachi period (1336-
1573), dated 1534
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, koshizori,
forged in flowing itame hada and with a
gunome midare tempered edge with ko-ashi,
nie and tobiyaki, the boshi midare komi, the
ubu tang machi-okuri with one hole, indistinct
file marks, inscribed Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu
saku and dated Tenbun sannen hachigatsu
bi (a day in the 8th month of 1534), 24 1/2in
(62.1cm) long, with a two-piece copper
habaki; in a wood shirasaya scabbard

US$1,500 - 2,500
2254
A BIZEN KATANA IN ITO-NO-MAKI
MOUNTS
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th
century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori
forged in itame hada mixed with mokume
hada, the tempered edge ko-gunome ending
in a kaen boshi, the ubu tang with one hole
and indistinct file marks, inscribed Bishu
Osafune Sukesada, 27 7/8in (70.8cm) long,
with a two-piece silvered habaki
The 19th-century koshirae comprising a gold
nashiji saya decorated with family crests of
butterflies surrounding a chrysanthemum
floret in gold hiramaki-e, the tachi hardware
shakudo nanakoji with matching crests in
gold takazogan and silk brocade hangers, the
tsuka wrapped with brown silk over brocade
and fited with fuchi-gashira decorated en
suite to the saya hardware, one large gilt-
metal menuki formed as a hawk in flight

US$3,500 - 4,500

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