Beautiful wakizashi in matching koshirae, mei: Sakuyo Bakka-shi Hosokawa Masamori Koku-in
dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Shinogi zukuri yori mune blade (nagasa 41,1 cm.) , O-kissaki. Hada: thicj ko mokume with chikei (Bizen-style manufacturing). Hamon: Suguha in thick nioi deki. Boshi: suguha ko maru kaeriyoru. Nakago: light suriage kurijiri. Yasurime: kesho o-sujikai. Horimono: kurikara ura omote (dragon). Mei: 'Sakuyo Bakka-shi Hosokawa Masamori Koku-in / Bunkyu Ni-nen nigatsu-hi'. (Manufactured by Hosokawa Masamori of Mimasaka area, servant of the Bakufu). Shinshinto-Bunkyu era (1862), Hosokawa Masayoshi (Yukihide) school. In elegant koshirae with tsuba in shakudo spaed as mokko featuring a dragon among relieved clouds. The fuchi-kashira and menuki with dragons. All the elements en suite with the blade (kurikara). The fuchi signed 'Goto Seijo' (fmaybe forth generation). A dragon also at the kozuka. Saya with a very beautiful dragon lacquered in gold and red. Eldest son of Masayoshi, he was hired by the Chief of the Tsuyama clan, in the Mimasaka region. length 59 cm.
- The cost is converted to USD at the rate of 1 EUR = 1.122475 USD on 2022-02-25.
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