An O-suriage Wakizashi in Koshirae Sugata:  Shinogi-Zukuri...

Hammer

£1,000

An O-suriage Wakizashi in Koshirae

• Sugata:  Shinogi-Zukuri Iori-mune with torii-zori


• Nagasa:. 40.1cm


• Motohaba: 2.4cm Sakihaba:  2.1cm Kasane: 5mm


• Hada: Details obscured by light abrasion and pitting


• Hamon: Gunome/Midare in nioi


• Kissaki: Smallish chu-kissaki boshi obscured


• Nakago: O- suriage, three mekugi ana (two filled), kurijiri kiri yasurimei


• Koshirae black silk braid (damaged) bound same tsuka, iron tsuba with Ho-O bird in gold..One large menuki of a snake the other missing. Fuchi with mythical minogame turtle and pine trees in fine shakudo and copper, kashira two figures. Black lacquered saya with gold kiri flowers and tendrils.


• Iron Kozuka with gilt bamboo with signed ko-gatana.

Provenance: purchased in a local UK antique shop 1958.

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