Lot 619 Dα

Wakizashi. Dated 1852

Blade length: 45.2 cm, katakiriha zukuri, iori mune, narrow bo-hi horimono filled with red lacquer under a bonji, mokume hada, gunome notare hamon, boshi: midare komi, kaeri fukai, nakago: ubu with one mekugi-ana ending in ha-agari kurijiri, signed: Unban Fuyuhiro Naganobu and dated Kaiei 5 (1852). Shirasaya.

Koshirae: 19th century, wood saya inlaid with a wood monkey mask, a fan, Kiyohime’s mallet and a bone Hannya mask, bronze kojiri imitating shagreen, bamboo binding in three places. Tsuka with brown lacquered ito and large gilt bronze dragon menuki. Bronze tsuba partly gilt, wood kozuka with inlaid hat and lacquered lance. Inlaid square bone tablet with the signature Meisai.
Total length: 72 cm