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TADATSUNA I (ACTIVE CIRCA 1658-1661)
An Awataguchi katana in mounts
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1660
Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori
Kitae (forging pattern): tight ko-itame hada with jinie
Hamon (tempering pattern): choji midare mixed with ko-choji midare
in nie with ashi and yo
Boshi (tip): ko-maru
Nakago (tang): suriage with kiri file marks, three holes, signed
Awataguchi Omi no kami Tadatsuna
Habaki (collar): one-piece, shakudo
Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 1/2in (69.8cm)
Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/4in (3.2cm)
Sakihaba (width before tip): 7/8in (2.2cm)
Koshira-e (mounts): comprising a black-lacquer mokumeji saya
fitted with shakudo ishimeji kojiri and koiguchi, the tsuka wrapped
in blue silk over same and fitted with shakudo nanako fuchigashira
decorated with a spider on a web in gold and shakudo takazogan,
signed Tsuji Tadaatsu, and rectangular plate shakudo migakiji
menuki, the iron sukashi tsuba carved with leaves with gold dew
drops
With Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of Preservation)
certificate no. 3016882 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon
Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword),
dated March 15, 2018

$10,000 - 15,000
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YOSHIMICHI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1660-1670)
An Osaka katana in uchigatana mounts with Ko-Goto fittings
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, koshizori configuration forged in
itame hada with a notare tempered edge and a ko-maru boshi, the
suriage tang with two holes, indistinct filemarks and signed Tanba
no kami Yoshimichi, with a one-piece gilt-copper habaki, 23 3/4in
(60.3cm) long
The uchigatana goshira-e mounted with matching Goto-school
shakudo nanakoji fittings decorated with rain dragons in takabori
with gold highlights, including fuchigashira, o-seppa, menuki and
san-mai awase mokko tsuba, the black-lacquer ishimeji saya fitted
with semegane and sayajiri decorated to match
The koshira-e with Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of
Preservation) certificate no. 456555 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu
Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese
Art Sword), dated October 27, 2008
$3,500 - 4,500

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