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TANAKA KIYOTOSHI (1804-1876)
A highly important solid-gold tanto
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1871
The solid gold blade in hirazukuri
configuration and decorated with Fudo
Myo-o on the omote side and his attendants
Kongara and Seitaka doji on the ura side,
all in copper, gold, silver, and shakudo
hirazogan, and carved in ke-bori and
katakiri-bori, the nakago bearing kessho
file marks and one hole, signed on the
mune on the right side, Meiji yonen hitsuji
[] [] rokujuhachi-juso Hogen kore o saku;
fitted with a one-piece gold habaki carved
with the Sanskrit characters representing
Fudo and his attendants, and waves and
clouds; the hardwood tsuka wrapped in
blue-dyed chamois and fitted with solid-gold
menuki carved as tigers and decorated in
shakudo stripes, signed Yasu and chika,
and a copper fuchi formed as a woven
basket and decorated with chrysanthemums
and grasses in iro-e takazogan, signed
on the tenjogane Yasuchika, the shibuichi
hamidashi tsuba decorated with bamboo in
gold and shakudo takazogan and signed Zai
nenrokujuhachi-juo and with a kao, with two
shakudo seppa
10 1/4in (26cm) long (blade only), 13 3/4in
(34.9cm) long overall
US$12,000 - 18,000

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