EditorialBlade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), blade, 15th century; mounting, 18th century, Japanese, Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (sam?); thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudo), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), L. 27 1/16 in. (68.8 cm); L. of blade ...
EditorialHand guard, Mokko-shaped tsuba with wide raised edge, within this border there are three grasshoppers and a spider in iris takazogan on the front and a grasshopper on the back on a woven mat, signed 'iwamoto konkan'., Iwamoto Konkan, Japan, 1750 - 1850...
EditorialBlade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), blade, 15th century; mounting, 18th century, Japanese, Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (sam?); thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudo), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), L. 27 1/16 in. (68.8 cm); L. of blade ...