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A HIZEN KATANA
After Tadahiro II
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori, forged in ko-
itame hada with a suguha hamon tending toward a gentle
notare hamon on the omote side ending in a ko-maru boshi,
the ubu tang with one hole, kiri file marks, and inscribed
with tachi mei Hizen no kuni no ju Omi no Daijo Fujiwara
Tadayoshi, with a one-piece gilt habaki, 27in (68.5cm) long
The koshira-e comprising a black ishime lacquer saya, the
tsuka wrapped with navy doe skin over silk brocade fitted
with a copper nanakoji fuchi decorated with plants and
rocks in takabori and gold takazogan, and a lacquered
wood kashira, the gold menuki formed as butterflies, the
iron mokko tsuchimeji tsuba carved with a diamond pattern,
inscribed Nobuie

$5,000 - 7,000
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GASSAN SADAKAZU (1836-1918)
A fine Gassan katana
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1867
Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki,
toriizori
Kitae (forging pattern): tightly packed ko-itame hada
Hamon (tempering pattern): flambouyant gunome midare
mixed with choji midare with nie and ashi
Boshi (tip): o-maru
Horimono (carving): deeply carved with a coiling dragon on
both sides, the one on the omote side with a sacred jewel
Nakago (tang): ubu with kesho file marks, one hole, signed
Naniwa no ju Unryushi Minamoto Sadakazu hori dosaku and
dated Keio sannen hinoto jugatsu no hi (A day in the tenth
month of 1867)
Habaki (collar): one-piece silver
Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 25 15/16in
(25.9cm)
Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 3/8in (3/5cm)
Sakihaba (width before tip):
In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard)

$8,000 - 12,000

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