Edo period, ca. 1850
Nagasa: 38.8 cm
Motohaba 3.7 cm
Koshirae: 61 cm
The blade in hirazukuri, with bohi and horimono with votive inscriptions.
Nakago with three mekugi–hana and machi–okuri, mumei
Tsuba, menuki and fuchi–kashira in finely crafted copper with toad motif. Saya in a rare green lacquer, simulating a pond, with hiramaki-e designs using mother-of-pearl to draw water lilies and ripples on the water.
Copper and lacquered iron canes on the kojiri and a shakudo toad as kurigata. High-quality kogatana with snail figures, signed.
The use of copper for kodogu during the Edo period is typical of Nara artists.
SOLD
(Inv. #3004)
