A Higo katana koshirae [sword mount] | Edo period, 17th century

A Higo katana koshirae [sword mount]

Edo period, 17^th century

the saya decorated overall with sharkskin inlaid into black lacquer, the leather handle over black lacquered same, the shakudo kogai carved in shakudo with crabs on a nanako ground, gilt details, the silver kozuka undecorated, the iron round tsuba with silver inlay to the rim, leather tsuka

Entire length: 92.3 cm., 36⅜ in.

Entire curvature: 2.2 cm., ⅞ in.

Handle length: 21.2 cm., 8⅜ in.

Handle curvature: 0.4 cm., ⅛ in.

Saya length: 71. cm., 28 in.

Saya curvature: 1.2 cm., ½ in.

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Juyo Tosogu [Important Sword Fitting], no. 10661 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 11 (1999).