Tanto, Japan, mid-Edo period
Shinto blade, kanmuri otoshi zukuri, muzori, muji hada, midare ba. Gorge naginata hi and soe bi. Koshirae with saya in nashiji lacquer on the ends and brown lacquer in the center, decorated with three mon in bengara lacquer. Mon "sasa no maru", in the shape of a round dwarf bamboo. Secondary coat-of-arms of the Hotta de Sano, Inaba de Yodo and Tateyama. My "fuji", wisteria-shaped. Unattributable coat-of-arms. My "sasa rindo", in the shape of gentians. Main coat-of-arms of the Minamoto family, and of the following Kuge families: Aya no Koji, Fujioji, Horikawa, Itsutsuji, Iwakura, Kuze, Minami, Nishitsutsuji, Niwada, Otagi, Takakura, Uyematsu. Hondo secondary crest. Fuchi kashira, kurikata and kojiri in suite and iron, chased with dragonflies with gold-embellished legs. Menuki in suaka, in the shape of the mon "sasa rindo" and "fuji". The shark skin on the tsuka is lacquered red. Iron tsuba. Kozuka in shakudo with nanako base, adorned with a wisteria in gold and silver takazogan. Particularly original, a mechanism in the scabbard can be used to hide coins or small ingots. Blade signed and attributed to Echu no Kami Fujiwara Sadayuki, 越中守源来貞幸. Mounts signed Masaharu, 正春 on the kashira and Tomoyoshi, 共善 on the kojiri. Kozuka blade signed Echu no Kami Masatoshi. The blade comes in a shira saya with a tsunagi in the koshirae. Polychrome silk pouch decorated with mountains on a gold thread background. Blade mounted in shirasaya in a purple silk pouch. Blue silk sageo.
Nagasa: 22.4 cm
Small chips on the saya.
Live Tuesday 12 December 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 127

Tanto, Japan, mid-Edo period Shinto blade, kanmuri otoshi zukuri, muzori, muji hada, midare ba. Gorge naginata hi and soe bi. Koshirae with saya in nashiji lacquer on the ends and brown lacquer in the center, decorated with three mon in bengara lacquer. Mon "sasa no maru", in the shape of a round dwarf bamboo. Secondary coat-of-arms of the Hotta de Sano, Inaba de Yodo and Tateyama. My "fuji", wisteria-shaped. Unattributable coat-of-arms. My "sasa rindo", in the shape of gentians. Main coat-of-arms of the Minamoto family, and of the following Kuge families: Aya no Koji, Fujioji, Horikawa, Itsutsuji, Iwakura, Kuze, Minami, Nishitsutsuji, Niwada, Otagi, Takakura, Uyematsu. Hondo secondary crest. Fuchi kashira, kurikata and kojiri in suite and iron, chased with dragonflies with gold-embellished legs. Menuki in suaka, in the shape of the mon "sasa rindo" and "fuji". The shark skin on the tsuka is lacquered red. Iron tsuba. Kozuka in shakudo with nanako base, adorned with a wisteria in gold and silver takazogan. Particularly original, a mechanism in the scabbard can be used to hide coins or small ingots. Blade signed and attributed to Echu no Kami Fujiwara Sadayuki, 越中守源来貞幸. Mounts signed Masaharu, 正春 on the kashira and Tomoyoshi, 共善 on the kojiri. Kozuka blade signed Echu no Kami Masatoshi. The blade comes in a shira saya with a tsunagi in the koshirae. Polychrome silk pouch decorated with mountains on a gold thread background. Blade mounted in shirasaya in a purple silk pouch. Blue silk sageo. Nagasa: 22.4 cm Small chips on the saya.

Estimate
€5,000 - €6,000
Result
€7,424
Buyer's premium
28%
Tanto, Japan, mid-Edo period Shinto blade, kanmuri otoshi zukuri, muzori, muji hada, midare ba. Gorge naginata hi and soe bi. Koshirae with saya in nashiji lacquer on the ends and brown lacquer in the center, decorated with three mon in bengara lacquer. Mon "sasa no maru", in the shape of a round dwarf bamboo. Secondary coat-of-arms of the Hotta de Sano, Inaba de Yodo and Tateyama. My "fuji", wisteria-shaped. Unattributable coat-of-arms. My "sasa rindo", in the shape of gentians. Main coat-of-arms of the Minamoto family, and of the following Kuge families: Aya no Koji, Fujioji, Horikawa, Itsutsuji, Iwakura, Kuze, Minami, Nishitsutsuji, Niwada, Otagi, Takakura, Uyematsu. Hondo secondary crest. Fuchi kashira, kurikata and kojiri in suite and iron, chased with dragonflies with gold-embellished legs. Menuki in suaka, in the shape of the mon "sasa rindo" and "fuji". The shark skin on the tsuka is lacquered red. Iron tsuba. Kozuka in shakudo with nanako base, adorned with a wisteria in gold and silver takazogan. Particularly original, a mechanism in the scabbard can be used to hide coins or small ingots. Blade signed and attributed to Echu no Kami Fujiwara Sadayuki, 越中守源来貞幸. Mounts signed Masaharu, 正春 on the kashira and Tomoyoshi, 共善 on the kojiri. Kozuka blade signed Echu no Kami Masatoshi. The blade comes in a shira saya with a tsunagi in the koshirae. Polychrome silk pouch decorated with mountains on a gold thread background. Blade mounted in shirasaya in a purple silk pouch. Blue silk sageo. Nagasa: 22.4 cm Small chips on the saya.
Sale Tuesday 12 December 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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