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A WAKIZASHI IN LACQUER MOUNTS,
WITH A SWORD STAND
The saya and tsuka by Fujiwara Zokoku
(1806-1869)
Edo period (1615-1868) 19th century
The blade hirazukuri, iorimune, toriizori forged
in itame hada and with a choji gunome
tempered edge with nie and utsuri, ending in
a hakikake boshi, carved with bohi on both
sides, one-piece gold-foil habaki, 16 1/4in
(41.3cm) long
The koshirae with a black-lacquer saya
carved on the surface with orchids, reishi
fungus, a finger citron, and banana leaves,
signed and sealed Zokoku and dated Hinoe-
tora (1866), with a shakudo kozuka with
gilt highlights with a waterwheel in waves,
the lacquer tsuka carved with hollyhock
leaves and with recessed panels with carp
swimming up waterfalls in shakudo and gilt,
bearing a seal, fitted with a cloisonné-enamel
fuchi with floral vines in gold wire and colored
enamels, and a kashira decorated in Kaga-
style inlays of chrysanthemum and vines in
gold and copper on a shakudo ground, with
a copper openwork tsuba carved with a
dragon
The sword stand wood, carved on the cross-
piece with openwork clouds and roundels of
stylized characters and with a central inlaid
ceramic panel decorated in cobalt blue with
peonies and bats, the base with peacock
feathers in gold and silver hiramaki-e and
aogai, and gold-foil highlights, the edges
finished in fundame
11 3/8 x 17 3/8in (28.8 x 44.1cm)

$2,000 - 3,000

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A BLACK LACQUER AIKUCHI TANTO
KOSHIRAE (MOUNTS FOR A DAGGER)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated
with cherry blossoms in gold and red
hiramaki-e, the mount fitted with en-suite
silver fittings decorated with long-tailed birds
and branches of cherry blossoms in gold
takazogan, the shakudo menuki formed as
a flowering branch with gold highlights, the
silver kozuka decorated to match the fittings
15 5/8in (39.6cm) long
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$2,000 - 3,000

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NAGATA KENBOKU
A lacquered wood aikuchi tanto koshirae
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The hardwood saya decorated with a
blossoming cherry tree in gold takamaki-e
and kinpun, signed on the kozukaguchi
Nagata Kenboku and with a kao, the en suite
fittings all shakudo nanako with blossoming
cherry trees in iro-e takazogan, the fuchi
signed Matsushima Tadaoki and with a kao,
and Shimizu Yoshiaki kore o chu, the circular
shibuichi menuki decorated with paulownia
flowers in gilt
18 1/2in (47cm) long
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$2,000 - 3,000
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