Lot 591 Dα

Katana. Dated 1851

Blade length: 69.5 cm, shinogi zukuri, iori mune, itame hada, gunome midare hamon, chu-kissaki, boshi: kaeri, nakago: ubu with two mekugi-ana ending in ha-agari-kurijiri, signed: Ishido Unju Korekazu saku and dated Kaiei 4 (1851).

Koshirae: 19th century, iron tsuba with gilt bronze shishi, fuchi-kashira of shakudo with deer, bat and maple leaf in gold and bronze, dragon menuki. Black lacquered saya with hirame nashiji and a tennin playing a mouth organ (shô) in gold and red hira-maki-e, blue binding over same.
Total length: 97 cm