EDO period (1603 - 1868) Shinto Tanto Blade... - Lot 356 - Pescheteau-Badin

EDO period (1603 - 1868) Shinto Tanto Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune, a horimono suken on one side and hata hoko and bonji fudomyo on the other Forging pattern (hada): masame Temper (hamon): suguha Rocket (nakago) : Not disassembled Length (nagasa): 23.4 cm Kizu, polished, kissaki blunted Koshira-e (mount): Hamidashi gata, fuchi kashira and kojiri en suite in shibuichi with taka zogan decoration in shakudo, silver and ormolu of a herdsman on his buffalo under cherry blossoms, menuki decorated with a flowering plum tree and môn decorated with crossed feathers, signed Yoshitoshi. Kojiri signed Kakuoki (?). Mekugi in the shape of cherry blossoms. Saya in ringed black lacquer, kurigata in shibuichi with taka zogan decoration of a bird above the waves and kozuka with taka bori and taka zogan decoration in gilded copper of a plum blossom tree signed Masayoshi Munefusa, kogatana signed Hidenaga.