JAPANESE SHORT SWORD MADE C. 1525

JAPANESE SHORT SWORD MADE C. 1525

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Item Code: 2025-3298

Excellent example of a handmade Japanese short sword (wakizashi) made c.1525 during the Late Muromachi period.  The blade is shortened from katana length (probably performed in the 1600s), but fortunately the maker’s inscription (mei) on the tang (nakago) was not lost when the length was modified.  The tang contains four peg holes (mekugi-ana), indicative of the shortening process and resizing required to suit successive owners over five centuries.  The swordsmith is Uda Kunitsugu of Etchū Province, who is known to have been active from 1521 to 1528 (though his career likely spanned a longer period).  The workmanship exhibited in this wakizashi is exceptional; the blade has a cutting edge of 49.3 cm / 19.4 inches.  The tempered cutting edge (hamon) is classified as irregular (midare).  The blade is housed in a traditional wooden storage scabbard (shirasaya) of high quality.  The blade collar (habaki) is also of high quality and made from silver.  No sword furniture is present.

An exceptional opportunity to acquire a collector grade Japanese Samurai sword from an identified smith.  This sword was made during the warring period (Sengoku, 1467-1602) and then witnessed the transition to stable rule with the advent of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868).  [sk] [ph:sk]

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