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SHOWA PERIOD (1934), SIGNED AND DATED GASSAN SADAKATSU KINSAKU AND WITH KAO, SHOWA KYUNEN SANGATSU KICHIJITSU (AN AUSPICIOUS DAY IN MARCH 1934) AND TAME ISHIMURA SHIGERU SHI
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A Gassan tanto
Showa period (1934), signed and dated Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku and with kao, Showa kyunen sangatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in March 1934) and Tame Ishimura Shigeru shi
Sugata [configuration]: Hirazukuri, iori-mune, no curvature, even kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Ayasugi hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Suguha of nie
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: Ubu, one mekugi-ana, osujigai and kesho file marks, gentle ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: Silver
Nagasa [length of blade]: 20cm
Koshirae [mounting]: Aikuchi tanto mounting, the scabbard lacquered black with gold nashiji, fine aogai, togidashi makie, the sokanagu of the twelve animals of the zodiac in iroe takabori suemon zogan on a shibuichi migakiji ground, wild boar on the scabbard, dragon among clouds on the kashira, tiger and snake on the fuchi, menuki of hare and dog with flowers, hen on the kozuka, monkey on the kogai, sheep on the kurikata, horse and ox on the kojiri, signed on the fuchi, Kazunari, 1930, age 81 years, by Sekiguchi Kazunari
Mounting accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Hozon tosogu (Sword fittings worthy of preservation) no. 458641 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), 2009.6.26 (2)
Showa period (1934), signed and dated Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku and with kao, Showa kyunen sangatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in March 1934) and Tame Ishimura Shigeru shi
Sugata [configuration]: Hirazukuri, iori-mune, no curvature, even kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Ayasugi hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Suguha of nie
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: Ubu, one mekugi-ana, osujigai and kesho file marks, gentle ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: Silver
Nagasa [length of blade]: 20cm
Koshirae [mounting]: Aikuchi tanto mounting, the scabbard lacquered black with gold nashiji, fine aogai, togidashi makie, the sokanagu of the twelve animals of the zodiac in iroe takabori suemon zogan on a shibuichi migakiji ground, wild boar on the scabbard, dragon among clouds on the kashira, tiger and snake on the fuchi, menuki of hare and dog with flowers, hen on the kozuka, monkey on the kogai, sheep on the kurikata, horse and ox on the kojiri, signed on the fuchi, Kazunari, 1930, age 81 years, by Sekiguchi Kazunari
Mounting accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Hozon tosogu (Sword fittings worthy of preservation) no. 458641 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), 2009.6.26 (2)