A wakizashi

A wakizashi

Length of the blade 45 cm, shinogi zukuri, gunome-midare hamon, itame hada, slightly rubbed. Nakago: ubu, one mekugi-ana, mei: Yokoyama Kôzuke Daijô Fujiwara Sukesada. Probably 17th century. Silver-plated habaki with yasurime. Koshirae: iron sukashi tsuba, shakudô-nanako fuchi with gourd and butterfly, kashira with peony blossom in Mino-Gotô style, shakudô kozuka with two carp in waves, shakudô und gold menuki with plum blossom branch, iron kojiri and koiguchi. Blue binding over same. Saya lacquered black-brown with circle patterns on ishime. 19th/20th century.

Provenance

Private collection, Bavaria