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SABRE called Wakisashi signed Norimitsu
Japan - Muromachi period (1336-1573)
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, gold, copper, shakudo, brass
Length of cutting edge (Nagasa): 42.7 cm
Nakago: 10.9 cm - Curvature (Sori): 0.8 cm
Weight: 377 g
(Slightly missing)
Shinogi Tsukuri blade, Mune Takashi, with throat; Chu Suguha temper line.
Nakago Funa Gata (boat hull), Kuri Jiri or Hira Yamagata (round).
Gold-coated copper Habaki in two interlocking parts.
Saya in wood with twelve beads, covered in black lacquer.
Koigushi and Kurigata in buffalo horn covered with black lacquer.
Kogatana with copper Kotsuka, decorated with an old bearded man wearing a hat and carrying a brass trumpet, blade signed.
Wooden Tsuka, covered in stingray and braided with dark green silk.
Shakudo-covered copper Tsuba Mokko Gata, depicting a village animated by trees, birds and characters; all enhanced with gold.
Copper Menuki depicting two komainu on yari.
Fuchi - signed Kogofusasaku ? in shakudo-covered copper engraved with a rough sea with gold buttons, flown over by five golden birds.
Kachira in shakudo-covered copper, decorated with stylized gilded mountains and clouds; a bird enhanced with gold.
Seppa in gilded copper.
Item no.: 5556
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Ref: W18Z7X7ZYO