A sasaho yari [young bamboo leaf-shaped spear] | Signed Kanefusa | Muromachi period, 16th century, the koshirae 19th century

Property from a Private Collector in Los Angeles

A sasaho yari [young bamboo leaf-shaped spear]

Signed Kanefusa

Muromachi period, 16^th century, the mount 19^th century 

the single blade yari with red lacquer to one side, the mount decorated on a mottled red and black lacquer ground imitating tree bark, 111.3 cm., 44 in. long

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 26.9 cm., 10½ in.

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preserving], no. 3015166 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 29 (2017).