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Yasuhiro Wakizashi in Shirasaya, ca.16th/early 17th c.
Origin: Japan
Period: ca.16th/early 17th c.
Price: $2,600.00 USD
Stock Number: 1090
Description: A fine Koto Wakizashi inscribed and attributed to swordsmith Yasuhiro, ca.16th to early 17th century. The blade is shinogi-zukuri with a medium deep curve. The grain is tight itame-mokume. The temper line is gonome-midare with several boxlike areas and mino-style togari (pointed gonome). The boshi is komaru with long turnback and some "swept" (hakkake) effects. The hamon has much nioi and ...
Scarce Japanese "Tembo" Iron Mokko Tsuba, ca.15th/16th century
Origin: Japan
Period: ca.15th/16th century, Muromachi
Price: $300 + shipping/handling
Stock Number: 280340
Description: Origin: Japan, Dimensions: 2-3/4" wide, 3" tall, 1/8" thick, Composition/Style: Hammered Iron/"Tembo" Mokko; A very early Japanese Iron Tsuba. This tsuba most likely dates to the the 15th/16th century Muromachi Period. The style is Tembo which has distinctive die punches on the surfaces of the rough stone-like hammered tsuba. The form is mokko form. I am attributing a date between the 15th ...
Koto Period Tanto/o-wakizashi w/Shobu-hi, ca.900-1530AD
Origin: Japan
Period: ca.900-1530AD
Price: $6,000.00 USD
Stock Number: 104786
Description: Koto Period (caAD); 11-9/16" length from tip of kissaki to ha-machi; A fine early o-wakizashi/tanto with shobu-hi (twin-joining carving grooves), the terminates as a candle-flame point on the left side of the downward slung blade. The o-kissake (long tip) has a solid temper, ichi-mai on the left side and kaeri-tsuyoshi, straight turn-back, on the right side. The blade exhibits the much sought ...
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