11-13: Katana signed Kunihisa, Shinshinto

  • $10,000 and Higher
  • Full Collection

  • Nagasa:

    73.6 cm. /29.1 in.

  • Sori:

    1.72 cm. / .67 in.

  • Motomihaba:

    3.15 cm. / 1.24 in.

  • Motokasane:

    .64 cm. / .25 in.

  • Sakimihaba:

    2.36 cm. / .93 in.

  • Sakikasane:

    .56 cm. / .22 in.

  • Mekugi-ana:

    2

A strong longer koshi-zori piece with excellent balance. Tight ko-mokume hada, gunome choji hammon with nioi. Chu-kissaki with ko-maru sagari. Koshirae is late Edo to mid-meiji with a shima (stripped) saya, classic wasp shaped tsuka, and a magnificent goat theme tsuba. Silver habaki with clouds and rain pattern.

Signed: Unshu (enshu) no Ju Kunihisa, no date. Kunihisa lived at Hirose in Izumo province (famous for production of sand iron ore) at the end of the Tokugawa period (1865). (Hawleys: KUN 265)

Asking Price: $12,800

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