Wakazashi
Overall Length: 24"
Closed Length: 25.5"
Photography by Mitchell D. Cohen
Very wide & thick stout Shinto wakizashi by the first generation Yamato no kami Yoshimichi.
School : Kyo Tamba, Yoshimichi "Shodai/first generation"
Signed : Yamato (no) kami Yoshimichi.
Dated : A day in August Kanbun 9 year= August 1669.
Horimono: Bohi/groove on both side; Full polish, very healthy & very clean with no flaw; Blade rest in A solid & very sound very attractive fine koshirai/ mounts with high quality old Edo fittings circa 18th/19th century; Signed fine iron moko Myochin mokume Tsuba, signed fine black shakudo Kozuka and kogatana/blade is signed with A Kokuin/hot-stamp; Large black shakudo Goto seashells menuki and large black shakudo Higo fuchi with design of wave with A horn kashira; Original old Edo silver foil habaki
Paper-certificate of authentication: NBTHK tokubetsu kitcho.
A fine large and powerful wide ubu/uncut Koto wakizashi
Shape: Hirazukuri
Signed : Sukezane
Period : late muromachi 16th century circa 1550's
Blade stored in shirasaya with a fine old Edo double gold-foil & black shakudo habaki/collar.
2 Paper certificate : NBTHK Hozon & Fujishiro as well.
Full polish, healthy with no flaw.
Sizes : cutting edge ?
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