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SHICHIBEIJO SUKESADA (ACTIVE
CIRCA 1655)
A Bizen wakizashi
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori
forged in ko-itame hada with a gunome
midare tempered edge with nie, kani no
tsume, choji, ashi, sunagashi, tobiyaki and a
midare komi boshi, the tang o-suriage with
two holes, later file marks and a folded-over
signature Bizen no ju Osafune Shichibeijo
Sukesada saku, 17 1/4in (43.8cm) long, with
a one-piece copper habaki
In a lacquer ishimeji saya with a gunto tsuka,
no tsuba
US$1,500 - 2,000

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OWARI SADAHIRO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1716)
AND TSUSHIMA TSUNEMITSU (ACTIVE
CIRCA 1650)
A shinto daisho in mounts
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
Katana: honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki,
toriizori forged in ko-itame hada and with an
uma no ha midare tempered edge based
in nioi and ending in a ko-maru boshi, the
o-suriage tang with two holes and later file
marks, signed Bishu no ju Sadahiro saku,
with a one-piece silver-foil habaki,
26 1/8in (66.3cm) long
Wakizashi: honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki,
toriizori forged in koitame hada with a suguha
tempered edge ending in a ko-maru boshi,
the ubu tang with two holes, one plugged,
katte sagari file marks and signed Tsushima
no kami Tachibana Tsunemitsu saku, with a
one-piece silver-foil habaki,
19 7/8in (50.4cm) long
Each sword in matching koshirae comprising
saya decorated in shagreen covered in
black-lacquer and polished down to reveal
the nodules, the tsuka wrapped in blue silk
and fitted with gilt and shakudo menuki
formed as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune,
and shibuichi fuchi-gashira decorated with
temple gates and Nio guardians in takabori
and gold hirazogan, signed Seifudo Iwama
Hiroyoshi, no tsuba
With Tokubetsu Kicho (Especially Precious)
certificate no. 5504749 for the katana, issued
by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai
(Society for the Preservation of the Japanese
Art Sword), dated April 7, 1980

US$5,000 - 7,000

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