Tanto in koshiraeShinshinto, 19th centuryNagasa [length]: 24.8 cmMotohaba: 2.9 cm,Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itameHamon [tempering pattern]: midare and choji midareBōshi [point]: ko-maruku; kaeruHorimono: suken on omote and goma-ashi on uraNakago [tang]: ubu, sujikai; one mekugi-ana.Inscribed on both sides and on the back:Attributed by Kanzan sensei to Bizen Osafune Yokoyama SukekaneGifted on 31/01/1972 for the birthday to Toshio from his grandfather AkioEngraved by Living National Treasure Gassan SadakazuKoshirae: the tantō comes with a good Higo koshirae. The...
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A russet iron samurai helmet with small standing rivetsEdo period, 17th-18th centurySigned: Saotome Iechika A russet iron (tetsu sabiji) sixty-two plate kabuto, each mounted with twenty-five small tapered standing rivets (ko-boshi) of decreasing size; the front plate, larger than the others, is fitted with two lines of rivets, while the rear one is left empty, for a total of 1.550 rivets.The typical "Saotome-byo" is visible under this lining, an extra rivet which is almost an additional signature of the Saotome armorers.The five-stage shikoro (neck protection) is in blue-laced...
A Shintō Katana in koshirae by SukenaoSigned: Omi no Kami Takaki ju Sukenao近江守高木住助直-Dated: 12th month of Enpo 5 (1677)-NBTHK Hozon Tōken-Nagasa [length]: 69.2 cmSori [curvature]: 1.2 cmMotohaba [bottom width]: 2.85 cmSakihaba [top width]: 1.77 cmMotokasane [bottom thickness]: 6.8 mm-Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, deep sori, chu-kissakiKitae [forging pattern]: Ko-itame hada. Jinie and ChikeiHamon [tempering pattern]: Toranba style gunome midare in ko-nie deki. Thick nioiguchi. Sunagashi, and kinsujiBoshi [point]: ko-maru with kaeri.Nakago [tang]: Ubu, iriyamagata, o-...
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