A Katana possibly Mino in Koshirae. Sugata: Shinogi-Zukuri...

Hammer

£650

A Katana possibly Mino in Koshirae.

• Sugata: Shinogi-Zukuri Iori-mune with shallow tori-zori


• Nagasa: 60cm


• Motohaba: 2.8cm Sakihaba: 2cm Kasane: 7mm


• Hada: difficult to determine in current polish but appears itame


• Hamon: Mino style gunome midare with some togari-ba. Broad nioi-guchi with very bright patches of nie. Some sunagashi near the hamachi


• Kissaki: Chu kissaki with small kaeri and hakikake


• Nakago:  Ubu, one mekugi ana, kurijiri katte-sagari Yasurimei


• Koshirae: blue tape bound same tsuka (damaged). Good quality round iron tsuba pierced thin plate with sakura mon and signed Tadatsugu . Black lacquered saya (damaged with lacquer loss.)

Provenance: purchased in a local UK auction in 1952

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