Tokugawa art

unsigned attrributed to SHINGEN

Triple layers Iron ground hammered surface, Round shape, Brass/Shakudo copper wire knitting, Rope pattern brass Fukurin rim, Both Hitsu-ana punches brass Fukurin-rim filled with lead

85.3mm x 85.3mm 5.0mm thick (Mimi) / 5.0mm thick (Seppa-dai) 6.5mm thick (overall)

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Early Edo period (Kanbun era/circa 1661-) Owari
Length of cutting edge 38.1cm Curvature 0.9cm Width of base 29.2mm Width of Yokote 22.5mm Tchickness of base 6.4mm

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with) Black Ro-iro lacquered waist notches scabnbard Wakizashi Koshirae

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Koto End Muromachi period (ca Eiroku 13th /1569-) Owari
Length of cutting edge 65.1cm Curvature 2.0cm Width of base 31.7mm Width of Yokote 21.8mm Thickness of base 6.7mm

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Jurojin god (one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune) and Crane scene

Signed : Yoshiharu (a seal of artisan)

Shibuichi(copper/silver alloy) ground polish surface, Katagiri/Kebori plow

Gold, shakudo iroe inlay

Fuchi 36.4x20.8mm Kashira 28.7x18.6mm

Shinto early Edo period (Kanbun era / circa1664-) Settsu
Length of cutting edge 66.7cm Curvature 1.3cm Width of base 30.7mm Width of Yokote 20.0mm Thickness of base 7.6mm

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unigned : Ko-kinko

Oval shape, Yamagane copper ground, Nanako-ji surface, Sukinokoshi style Takabori carving

65.4mm x 61.7mm 3.0mm thick (Mimi) / 4.5mm thick (Seppa-dai)

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Shin-shin-to end of Edo period (Ansei 6th-/1859-) Mutsu
Length of cutting edge 71.5cm Curvature 1.6cm Width of base 34.9mm Thickness of base 7.9mm

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Koto Nanbokucho period (Ouan era/circa 1368-) Mino
Length of cutting edge 63.6cm Curvature 1.5cm Width of base 28.8mm Width of Yokote 20.8mm Thickness of base6.9mm

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with)Brushing traces-surface burgundylacquered scabbard Higo Uchikatana Koshirae

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unsigned : Kyo-Shouami

Round shape, Iron ground, Open work, Kinobori/Kebori carving, Gold inlay, contoured Kaku-mimi rim, Both Hits-ana punches

82.5mm x 82.0mm 5.2mm thick (Mimi) / 4.8mm thick (Seppa-dai)

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Koto middle Muromachi period (Bunmei 18th/1486) Mino
Length of cutting edge: 63.8cm Curvature: 2.3cm Width of base: 27.3mm Width of Yokote: 16.4mm Thickness of base: 6.4mm

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with) Gold pearl of inlay Gold sprinkled Nashiji Plum blossom branch Makie work Efu Tachi Koshirae

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Shinto Early Edo perido (Kanbun era/about 350 years ago) Owari
Length of cutting edge 54.3cm Curvature 0.9cm Width of base 32.1mm Width of Yokote 23.0cm Thickness of base 7.2mm

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Shintō early Edo period (around the Tenna era / 1681-) Bushū
Blade length (from Machi): 7.83 cm
Blade length (from Shionokubi): 9.15 cm
Nakago length: 24.9 cm
Overall length: 34.05 cm
Overall length in Shirasaya: 54.0 cm
Width at Machi: 21.8 mm
Thickness at Machi: 9.5 mm
Thickness at Shionokubi: 13.3 mm

Contemporary sword (Heisei 2nd/1990) Shizuoka pref.
Length of cutting edge 20.7cm　No curvature　Width of base 24.1mm　Thickness of base 9.1mm

KIKU flowers Brushwood hedge design

Signed Choshu-Hagi-ju KATSUYOSHI-saku

Oval shape, Iron ground, Nikubori carving, Ji-sukashi Openwork, Square Mimi edge, Both Hitsu-ana punches

73.4mm x 69.6mm 4.9mm thick (Seppa-dai)

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Contemporary sword (Heisei 5/1993) Shizuoka-pref.
Length of cutting edge 32.6cm Length of Tip 22.1cm Curvature 0.6cm Width of base 32.2mm Width of Yokote 31.5mm Thickness of base 7.0mm

Shin-shinto end Edo period (Keiou era /circa 1865-) Owari
Lengrh of cutting edge 30.3cm almost no curvature Width of base 29.8mm Thickness of base 8.0mm

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with)Sakura Bark pattern lacquerd scabbard Aikuchi koshirae

Shinto eraly Edo period (Kan'ei era/ca1624-） Owari
Length of cutting edge 44.0cm Curvature 0.8cm Width of base 33.3mm Width of Yokote 21.4mm Thickness of base 7.7mm

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KIRI leaf design

Signed Higo-ju MASASATO

Oval shape, Iron ground, Kebori carving, Ji-sukashi Openwork, Round Mimi edge, A Hitsu-ana punch

78.6mm x 74.6mm 5.2mm thick (Seppa-dai)

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Shinto early Edo period (Kan'ei 20th / 1643) Owari
Length of cutting edge 44.8cm Curcature 1.2cm Width of base 36.5mm Thickness of base 6.2mm

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Shinto Momoyama period (Tensho 20th - Kan'ei 8th/1592-1631) Owari
Length of Cutting edge 30.8cm Curcature 0.2cm Width of Base 28.9mm Thickness of Base 5.6mm

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Trasures by Mallet design

unsigned attributed to Kaga-Kinko 加賀金工

Pure gold ground, Katabori engraving

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Koto End of Muromachi period (Genki-Tensho era/1570-90) Owari
Length of cutting edge 41.8cm Curvature 1.0cm Width of base 32.7mm Thickness of base6.5mm

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Shin-shin-to end of Edo period (Ansei 6th/1859) Ise
Dai : Length of cutting edge 71.7cm Curvature 2.5cm Width of base 31.8mm Width of Yokote 21.6mm Thickness of ase 7.3mm
Shō : Length of cutting edge 45.1cm Curvature 1.2cm Width of base 28.2mm Width of Yokote 20.2mm Thickness of base 6.9mm

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recorded in Mie-ken Tōkō・Kinkō Meikan

Dai-Shō Koshirae : Black lacquer scabbard with blue pearl of inlay in day-and-night split design

Hozon Tōsōggu(Koshirae)

Comtemporary sword (Heisei 8/1996) Shizuoka-pref.
Length of cutting edge 68.8cm Curvature 1.0cm Width of base 32.0mm Width of Yokote 22.4mm Thickness of base 7.8mm

Koto Early Muromachi period (Ouei era / circa 1394-) Bizen
Length of cutting edge 60.1cm Curvature 1.8cm　Width of base 25.2mm Width of Yokote 15.3mm Thickness of base 5.0mm

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with) Yoshino cherry tree Tin pearl of inlay Nashiji sprinkled Gold/Silver foils raised Taka-Makie work Itomaki Tachi Koshirae