A silver-mounted shin-shinto aikuchi


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryThe blade of hira-zukuri form, medium sugu-ba of nioi and nie, itame-hada, a running dragon horimono on either side, the ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, unsigned; the koshira-e of black lacquer with gold-lacquer whorls, the en-suite fittings of silver chased with dragons and waves, the menuki of dragons in shakudo and gilt metal, the kozuka, wari-kogai, fuchi and kojiri all inscribed Chushinsai Narikazu with a kao, the fuchi with added inscription Gyonen shichijuissai (at the age of 71), the kogatana possibly inscribed Kinka Nagayoshi ... Fujiwara Morimichi ... ; with a brocade bag. The blade: 27cm (10 5/8in) long; total length: 42.5cm (16¾in) long. (2).