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YOKOYAMA SUKENAGA (1795-1851)
A shin-shinto Bizen katana in military
mounts
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1849
Honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with an
extended kissaki and forged in ko-itame
hada mixed with ko-mokume with prominent
ji-nie and with a flamboyant choji midare
tempered edge with ashi, yo and utsuri and
a midare komi boshi, the ubu tang with one
hole and kiri file marks, signed Biyo Osafune
no ju Yokoyama Kaga no suke Fujiwara Ason
Sukenaga and dated Ka’ei ninen nigatsu hi
(A day in the second month of 1849), with a
one-piece copper habaki, 27 7/8in (70.7cm)
long, in military mounts
US$3,000 - 5,000

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AN IKKANSHI CHOKUTO KATANA
After Tadatsuna, Edo period (1615-1868),
18th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, muzori,
forged in a fine ko-itame hada in ji-nie, the
tempered edge ko-choji midare with ashi,
saka-ashi, yo, sunagashi, utsuri and an
o-maru boshi with a long return, the ubu tang
with one hole and kiri file marks and inscribed
Dochaku Ikkanshi kore o ageru and Zen
Tadatsuna saku, 27 1/8in (68.9cm), with a
one-piece copper habaki, in a shirasaya
US$8,000 - 12,000

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