Lot 659 Dα

Naginata (halberd). 19th century

Blade length: 34.9 cm, naginata zukuri, very flat iori mune, naginata-hi with red lacquer to both sides, jihada and hamon unrecognisable. Nakago: ubu with one mekugi-ana ending in iriyama-gata, inscribed: Nobuyoshi.

Koshirae: Wood, black lacquered tsuka with partly gold lacquered karakusa and four circled ken umebachi mon, gold lacquered kaburamaki, bronze tsukekanamono ending in a crescent moon-shaped ishizuki (damaged).
Total length: 222 cm