A SATSUMA TANTO

Lot 77
21.03.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 922307
Lot 77 | A SATSUMA TANTO
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
A SATSUMA TANTO

EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

Configuration [sugata]: hira-zukuri with iori-mune; fukura-kareru, no curvature

Forging pattern [jihada]: itame

Tempering pattern [hamon]: hoso-suguba

Point [boshi]: rounded (ko-maru)

Tang [nakago]: shape (keitai): slender and tapering, shortened (suriage); file marks (yasurime): straight (kiriyasuri); end (nakagojiri): straight (kiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three

length from tip to beginning of tang [nagasa]: 30 cm

Carving [horimono]: bonji character

Collar [habaki]: double gold

Scabbard [koshirae]: a black lacquered aikuchi koshirae (set of mounts with flush fitting between scabbard and hilt) with gold menuki of three over lapping dakibotan (peony surrounded by leaves) crests, kurikata, kaerizuno (cord fittings), shakudo kozuka (knife) and orange silk sword bag also designed with dakibotan crests, 41.5 cm long

The outer wood storage box inscribed Tokugawa jusandai shogunke midaidokoro Tenshoin mamorigatana (Sword belongs Tensho-in, the wife of the thirteenth Tokugawa Shogun), inner lacquer storage box decorated with dakibotan crests





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Tensho-in (Princess Atsuhime; 1836-1883) by repute
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