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Wakizashi Koshirae

Koshirae for a Wakizashi

Signature/mei: unsigned/mumei

Materials:

  • Tsuba: copper, shakudo, gold
  • Menuki: shakudo, gold
  • Fuchi kashira: shakudo, copper, gold
  • Kozuka: shakudo, copper
  • Kogai: shakudo, cooper, gold
  • Saya: dark green lacquered with mother of pearl

Era/jidai: late Edo

Dimensions:

  • Saya: 53.5cm
  • Tsuka: 18.1cm
  • Total: 72.5cm

Price: €3900 / $4300

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ery rare wakizashi koshirae, were the tsuka is wrapped in a black lacquered copper wire, which has been polished again down to the copper core. This is something you come across not often. Along with the other copper fittings and the dark green saya, this koshirae has a tranquil flavor that is believed to have been worn by an older samurai.

The reserved taste with the hut (on the tsuba as well as the complete kashira) and the chickens, which are a symbol of territorial defense, also indicate that the former owner carefully arranged this koshirae to his personal mindset.

Further this koshirae is complete and no fittings are missing. The conditions is superp so only a minimal sign of ware is shown on the lower saya.

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