Kwai ken, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) - Lot 130

Kwai ken, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) Koto blade, unokubi zukuri, iori mune, mu zori, mokume hada, gunome hamon. Given the wide width of the munemachi, this is certainly a yoroi doshi (armor piercing) blade, mounted in kwai ken. Koshirae in black lacquered wood inlaid with gilded copper. Fuchi, koiguchi and semegane in silver lacquer with floral scroll motifs. Meiji period mounts in rococo style. Ring-shaped Kurigata. Chrysanthemum-shaped Kashira. Screw Mekugi. Wooden box decorated with red lacquered mon of the maru ni age-ha no cho type "Butterfly with wings raised in a ring", the main mon of the Ikeda clan of Tottori. White silk pouch. Nagasa: 18.8 cm Minor restoration to the end of the scabbard.