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A LATER MISHINA KATANA AND A
BIZEN KATANA IN RUSSO-JAPANESE
WAR-ERA NAVAL MOUNTS
Momoyama (1573-1615) period, 16th
century and Meiji era (1868-1912)
The Mishina katana of honzukuri, iorimune,
ko-gissaki, koshizori configuration and
forged in ko-itame hada with notare mixed
with sudareba tempered edge and indistinct
boshi, the suriage tang with two holes (one
plugged) and indistinct file marks, signed
Nihon kaji sosho Mishina Iga no kami
Fujiwara Kinmichi, dated Meiji yonen kugatsu
hi (A day in the 9th month of 1871) and with
a chrysanthemum crest and kaminari-yoke,
with a one-piece silvered habaki, 23 3/4in
(60.4cm) long, in naval mounts
The Bizen katana of honzukuri, iorimune,
chu-gissaki, toriizori configuration and forged
in an indistinct pattern and suguha tempered
edge, the ubu tang with one hole and signed
Bizen no kuni no ju Osafune Sukesada kore
o saku, one-piece gilt-copper habaki, 28
1/8in (71.3cm) long, in leather-covered naval
mounts

US$2,500 - 3,500
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MIYAMOTO KANENORI (1830-1926)
A presentation tachi
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated March 1912
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki with a slight
koshizori curvature, forged in itame-hada with
a gunome midare tempered edge with nie,
uchinoke and some sunagashi, the boshi ko-
maru, the ubu tang with one hole and kiri file
marks, tachi mei Teishitsu Gigei’in Sugehara
Kanenori hachijusan-o saku, dated Meiji
yonjugonen sangatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious
day in the third month of 1912), and
inscribed Kimi banzai, 26 1/16in (66.2cm)
long, in a shirasaya
With certificate no. 5504741, issued by the
Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society
for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword), dated April 7, 1980
US$3,000 - 4,000

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