AN ITOMAKI NO TACHI

Description:

Japan, Edo period
Length of the blade 67.3 cm, shinogi zukuri, suguha hamon, itame hada, komaru boshi, very good state of polish, nakago: ubu, two mekugi-ana, mumei, shirasaya and tsunagi, silver-plated double habaki. Complete itomaki no tachi koshirae with tsuba of aoi-gata, with fine shakudo-nanako plates without mon and gilded rim, all other mounts of identical style and material, menuki in shape of three kiri-mon, tsuka with brown binding over brocade, the obitori with the same binding and two sageo, saya: kiku-mon and kiri-mon in takamaki-e on a nashiji ground.
Former old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Tokubetsu hozon certificate of the NBTHK, dated Heisei 31 (2019), with attribution to Ryôkai