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ARISADA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1865)
A Higo katana in mounts
Edo period (1625-1868), circa 1865
Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-
kissaki, toriizori
Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada mixed with
mokume hada
Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare
Boshi (tip): midarekomi
Nakago (tang): ubu with indistinct file marks, one
hole, signed Higo no kuni Arisada
Habaki (collar): one-piece gold-foil
Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 24
3/4in (62cm)
Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/4in
(3.2cm)
Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm)
The Higo koshira-e comprising a red speckled saya
and a tsuka wrapped in leather over same lacquered
black and fitted with a shakudo fuchi finished with a
snake-skin pattern in kebori, and a shakudo kashira
decorated with crossed feathers in takabori and
highlighted with gilt, the menuki formed as Hotei
leaning on his treasure sack, the Umetada-school
iron tsuba pierced with wisteria
$8,000 - 10,000

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