YORITOSHI-AIKUCHI IN SAYA OF RED-BROWN WOOD AND SILVER
Japan. Ca. 1673.

Signed: Etchu no kami Fujiwara Takahira; nidai (cp. Hawley TA 89). Shinto blade in hira-zukuri shape; with iori-mune; kake noko zori. Omote: dragon; tama jagend. Ura: tsurugi (ken). Jihada barely recognisable. Hamon: suguha. Length 30;3 cm; Length of the polished blade 21;8 cm. Habaki: bronze and beatengold; with sujikai yasurime; one mekugi-ana. Saya: wood and silver. Koshira-e en suite of silver: dragon between clouds. Total length 33 cm. Condition A.Art trade; Van Ham.