KATANA
with shinogi-zukuri blade, hamon not discernible, subject to nakago (sword not disassembled). Brown lacquered scabbard with ishime-ji background, iron tsuba naga-maru-gata decorated with a blooming chrysanthemum, iron fuchi-kashira, two sentoku menuki with gold highlights depicting a cormorant on an oar, the tsuka laced on same.
(Soiling, traces of oxidation on the blade, blunt kissaki; scabbard damaged, nakago jammed in the tsuka).
Japan, 19th century.
A KATANA, JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY.
LONG. 74.7 CM (29 7/16 IN.)
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