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           SHIGEMITSU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1504-1521)  MIYAMOTO KANROMI TANTO, RED   A SHIMOSAKA NAGINATA IN FINE
           A Bizen tanto in mounts
           A Bizen tanto in mounts           MOUNT NTKH PAPER                 CLOISONNE-ENAMEL MOUNTS
                                                                              The blade Muromachi period (1336-1573)
           Muromachi period (1336-1573), dated 1510
           Mur omachi period (1336-1573), dated 1510  Hirazukuri, iorimune forgd in flowing ko-itame   The blade Mur omachi period (1336-1573)
                                                                              16th century
                                                                                       , the mounts Meiji era (1868-
           Hirazukuri, iorimune, forged in ko-itame hada and   hada with ji-nie with a notare tempered edge in   16th century, the mounts Meiji era (1868-
           a suguha tempered edge, carved with suken on   nie with sunagashi, pierced with a Buddhist ken,   1912), late 19th century
                                                                              1912), late 19th century
           the omote side and bonji on the ura, the ubu tang  the ubu tang with indistinct file marks, one hole   Naginata-zukuri forged in itame hada with a
           with one hole katte sagari file marks and signed   and signed Miyamoto Noto no kami Kanenori   choji midare tempered edge, both sides carved
           Bishu Osafune no ju Shigemitsu and dated Eisho   and dated Kei’o sannen nigatsu (Second month   with naginata-hi highlighted with red lacquer, the
           shichinen nigatsu (Second month of 1510) , with   of 1850), 7in (17.7cm) long; with a one-piece gilt   o-suriage tang with two holes, kiri file marks and
           a one-piece gilt habaki, 7 3/8in (18.7cm) long  habaki             signed Oshu Aizu no ju Shimosaka, 16in (40.6cm)
           The aikuchi goshira-e of black lacquer, decorated   In a red-lacquer aikuchi goshira-e  long, with a cloisonné-enamel habaki decorated
           with cherry blossoms in gold hiramaki-e, signed   With Kantei certificate no. 18728 issued by   with a paulownia blossom
           on the kogai-guchi Munenaga, mounted with a   the Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Japanese Sword   The cloisonné-enamel ebi goshira-e worked in
           silver fukurin running around the outer edge of   Preservation Society), dated March 1, 2018  silver wires, colored enamels and aventurine with
           the scabbard, decorated with cherry blossoms in                    coiling dragons in clouds and paulownia-flower
           silver takabori, the blossoms highlighted in gold,   $3,500 - 4,500  crests, the mokko tsuba with flowering vines and
           against an ishime ground, the stylized kurikata                    a rounded copper rim
           formed as a branch of cherry tree, the tsuka with
           a gold mekugi formed as butterflies, the silver                    $6,000 - 8,000
           tanto tsuba decorated with cherry blossoms in
           takabori, signed Tokyuki, the silver wari-kogai
           decorated with grasses and blossoming flowers
           in shishiaibori and inscribed with a poem, signed
           Tokuyoshi
           $6,000 - 8,000                                                             FINE JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART  |  79
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