Sugata: Shinogi-Zukuri Iori-mune with shallow tori-zori
Nagasa:. 66.0cm
Motohaba: 3.1cm Sakihaba: 2.2cm Kasane: 7mm
Hada: details unclear due to minor surface abrasion
Hamon: midare with togari elements throughout.
Kissaki: chu-kissaki details of boshi unclear
Nakago: ubu, one mekugi ana, Iriyama-gata nakago jiri kiri yasurimei, mumei
Koshirae black cotton braid bound same tsuka, Menuki gilt pheasants fuchi kashira iron with gold tendrils. Thin round iron tsuba with copper plum blossom and gold dots. Red lacquer saya with black swallows (kojiri missing).
Provenance: purchased in a local UK auction in 1966.
Lots 992 - 1009 comprise a collection of Japanese edged weapons assembled by the late Mr MacCormick between 1953 and 1963, with one final addition added in 1998. They were all purchased within the UK at local auctions, antique shops or privately. They have never been submitted for shinsa. Within the Collection there is a Daisho (large and small swords) and a good Gendaito from the Showa period.
All of the works are in largely untouched condition and a professional polish would undoubtedly reveal more detail of hada, hamon and boshi. Equally the koshirae include a number of interesting tsuba and small fittings which are worthy of further study and preservation.
Mellors & Kirk gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Paul Bowman in the cataloguing of this collection
