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Katana Echizen Seki with full Higo mounts, c 1658 with papers…
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Sydney
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27-Sep-2018
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Katana Echizen Seki with full Higo mounts, c 1658 with papers early Kanbun: Shinto period (1658-1683) katana, mumei (shortened tang), 66.3 cm nagasa (cutting edge), 3 mm mihaba, 8 mm sori. Flawless blade with koitame hada (tight wood grain pattern forging), notare-midare hamon (temper line), yahazu-ha majiri (mixed pattern). Typical Kanbun period reduced curvature blade, attributed by Fujishiro kanteisho to Echizen Seki school. Attractive and rare full Higo mounts including matching umabari, all very good quality, and slant ridged pattern lacquer to saya. Menuki of shakudo, depicting butterflies with gold inlay. This sword has a kanteisho (appraisal certificate) from Matsuo Fujishiro. He was accorded Living National treasure status as a sword polisher who also appraised swords and issued kanteisho where they met his standards. His elder brother Yoshio wrote the standard two volume reference text Nihon Toko Jiten published in 1935, which Matsuo revised after his brother's death. A Fujishiro kanteisho is highly respected in Japan.
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Militaria & Weapons: Edged Weapons