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Late Edo Ansei period Wakizashi attributed to Yokoyama Sukenaga…
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Sydney
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23-Feb-2017
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Late Edo Ansei period Wakizashi attributed to Yokoyama Sukenaga in suguha hamon in full polish. Bizen Yokoyama Sukenaga being the top ranked maker of the Bizen Yokoyama school during the Shinshinto period, highly sought after as representative examples of the Bizen Yokoyama tradition. The mounts are formal Samurai style, with minimum decoration & a glossy black lacquered saya. The kashira is polished horn & the fuchi is a shakudo Goto school flower on fine nanako. Edo period iron tsuba, unsigned, with katakiri-bori figure of a rain dragon on the obverse with auspicious clouds on the reverse, & a gold highlighted edge. Edo period unsigned shakudo nanako kozuka with three Gods of good fortune reading a scroll. Condition excellent to good, the blade is flawless & in full polish, the workmanship shows control & consistency in both forging & tempering. The nioi guchi is just as bright in the return of the boshi as it is in the ha. Hawley rates as 60, with Nthk papers. Dimensions of tsuba 6.9 x 6.8 cm. Total length 71 cm
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Militaria & Weapons: Edged Weapons