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979
A LACQUER KATANA ZUTSU (SWORD
CASE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
The slender body widening at the top to
accomodate the tsuba, and decorated in
roiro-nuri and a family crest in the form of
arrows in gold hiramaki-e, fitted with a brass
lockplate
40 1/2in (103cm) long

$1,000 - 1,500
980
A LARGE WOODEN KOSASATSU (EDICT)
SIGNBOARD 980
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The wood placard written in ink with
a prohibition against organizing and
demonstrating in the streets,
dated Keio yonen sangatsu (Third month of
1867)

$3,000 - 5,000
981
AN INLAID HARDWOOD CABINET AND
STAND
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989)
era, early 20th century
The rectangular cabinet fitted with six
drawers of various sizes and two sliding
doors, each drawer front framed in dark
wood and inlaid with tsuba, fuchi-gashira,
menuki, and kozuka, several bearing
signatures Yanagawa Masanobu, Hamano
Noriyuki and others, several of the tsuba
comprising daisho pairs, the drawer pulls
decorated with flowering vines in gold
hirazogan and fitted to back plates from
kanamono taken from tabako ire (tobacco
pouches); set on a tall stand fitted with one
wide drawer decorated to match the cabinet
26 x 22 1/2 x 11 7/8in (65.9 x 57.2 x 30cm),
cabinet only; 62 1/4in (158.1cm) high overall

$5,000 - 7,000

981

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