A Wakizashi | Signed Shinano Daijo Fujiwara Tadakuni | Edo period, 17th century

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A Wakizashi

Signed Shinano Daijo Fujiwara Tadakuni

Edo period, 17^th century

Sugata [configuration]: Hirazukuri, iori-mune

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Bold gunome choji hamon, tobiyaki

Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with long kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu, single mekugi-ana, kurijiri, the omote signed Shinano Daijo Fujiwara Tadakuni

Habaki [collar]: Copper 

Koshirae [mount]: The lacquer saya inlaid with aogai on a black ground, with associated group of fittings, the shakudo fuchi decorated with floral sprays, the kozuka also in shakudo with shells on a nanako ground, the menuki of horses, the tsuka with black ito and cow horn, the iron mokko-gata tsuba with a figure scattering beans for Setsubun, the reverse with an oni hiding

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 33.3 cm., 13⅛ in.  

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.3 cm., ⅞ in. 

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.7 cm., 1 in.