拍品专文
Matsui Jiichiro Nagasada (1809-1869) worked severally in Okachiyama of Noshu province, Edo Aoyama, Ise Tamaru, and Matsue, and he sometimes indicated descent from Kaneshige of Seki on the tangs of his swords.
.jpg?w=1)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SHINSHINTO MINO TANTO
SIGNED NAGASADA AND DATED KEIO SANNEN HACHIGATSU HI [A DAY IN AUGUST 1867]
Details
A SHINSHINTO MINO TANTO
SIGNED NAGASADA AND DATED KEIO SANNEN HACHIGATSU HI [A DAY IN AUGUST 1867]
Sugata [configuration]: thick unokubi of slightest curve narrowing towards the kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunumoe of nioi with ko-nie Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, osujigai file marks with some kiri kesho, one mekugi-ana, ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 21.9cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: tanto koshirae with ribbed black lacquered scabbard with gold and red lacquered dragon motif, rounded shibuichi kojiri, rounded shibuichi kurikata with a dragon carved in high relief on a roundel, gold lacquer detail, kozuka engraved with stylized scrolling, fuchi-kashira of shibuichi carved in high relief with a dragon among clouds, shibuichi menuki of dragons, mokko shakudo tsuba with dragons in relief, signed Goto Mitsuharu and with a kao
SIGNED NAGASADA AND DATED KEIO SANNEN HACHIGATSU HI [A DAY IN AUGUST 1867]
Sugata [configuration]: thick unokubi of slightest curve narrowing towards the kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunumoe of nioi with ko-nie Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, osujigai file marks with some kiri kesho, one mekugi-ana, ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 21.9cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: tanto koshirae with ribbed black lacquered scabbard with gold and red lacquered dragon motif, rounded shibuichi kojiri, rounded shibuichi kurikata with a dragon carved in high relief on a roundel, gold lacquer detail, kozuka engraved with stylized scrolling, fuchi-kashira of shibuichi carved in high relief with a dragon among clouds, shibuichi menuki of dragons, mokko shakudo tsuba with dragons in relief, signed Goto Mitsuharu and with a kao