Sugata: Shinogi-Zukuri Iori-mune with shallow tori-zori
Nagasa:. 22.5cm
Motohaba: 2.3cm Sakihaba: 1.7cm Kasane: 6mm
Hada: surface obscured by light pitting.
Hamon: Mino style sanban-sugi with ko-nie throughout
Kissaki: chu-kissaki with ko-maru boshi
Nakago: O- suriage one mekugi ana, kurijiri and kiri yasurimei mumei.
Koshirae same tsuka (ito menuki and kashira missing) fuchi with peonies, round iron tsuba with rice stooks. Kozuka with poultry and winnowing fans. Ko-gatana signed. Black lacquered saya with peony and butterfly in gold.
Provenance: purchased in a local UK antique shop 1960.
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
