Japan, Muromachi period (1336-1573) - Lot 129

Japan, Muromachi period (1336-1573) Katana: kotô, Mino style Shizu or Naoe-shizu Blade: Jihada: Mokume and itame rather thin and discreet with nagare-masame (mainly near the ha side ura), some ô-mokume, thick and important yubashiri. Some chikei Hamon: Bright nioiguchi with fairly fine nie. Long sequences of ko-notare-midare and ko-gonome interrupted by waves of ô-gonome. Some sunagashi. Bôshi: slightly undulating Hakikake. Nakago: ô-suriage, mumei (no signature), two mekugi-ana (one closed). L. nagasa 69.3 cm; L. total blade 91 cm An attribution to the Shiga Seki school and to one of the three or fourth generations of Kanenobu has been suggested. Mounting/Koshirae : Saya in red and black speckled lacquer, the bouterolle/kojiri in bronze with chased dragonfly decoration. Tsuka in brown/bordeaux braided stingray, arrow menuki. Tsuba marugata in iron, with sukashi decoration of four reishi mushrooms, also an incised and inlaid sentoku decoration of stylized waves and windmills, the two hitsuana filled in shakudo. L. 8 cm L. frame 104 cm Blade repolished in 1989 by Laurent Milhau. Provenance : Collection of Monsieur Y.M.