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Koto Wakizashi Ubu by Kaneharu Saku Mino province, Muromachi…
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Sydney
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24-Nov-2016
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Koto Wakizashi Ubu by Kaneharu Saku Mino province, Muromachi period. Blade shape of hirazukure, iroi mune, sakizori, bohi. Tempering of gunome notare midare, togare, deep ashi iri, yo, choji, nado. Boshi is jizo. Forging is itame hada, some looseness, faint gunome midare utsuri, nado. the sword is mounted for field use in iron mounts with a hard wearing lacquer saya. the tsuka is wrapped in fine brown leather without ever having had menuki. Fuchi kashira are Higo style iron with a boar eye opening in the kashira. the early Edo tsuba is unsigned, in the tomoe form of two swirling commas with two oak leaves added. the kozuka & kogai are matching Higo style with boar eye in silver & applied silver dragons. Condition: excellent, Koto blade in fine condition & in old Japanese polish, deep & well defined hamon & hada, high quality iron koshirae, attractive good quality sukashi tsuba, Nagasa (cutting edge), 37.1 cm, Motohaba (width at habaki), 2.85 cm, Kasane, 5.7 cm
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Militaria & Weapons: Zother