A wakizashi dating: hi-Momoyama Period (1573-1603) provenance: Japan, Nagasa (le...

A wakizashi dating: hi-Momoyama Period (1573-1603) provenance: Japan, Nagasa (length 48.7 cm) shinogi-zukuri iore mune with well visible hamon and hada and original hi. Copper habaki. Nakago mumei with one mekugi ana. Fine koshirae with iron tsuba, decorated with a figure and a tree, fuchi kashira in shakudo, decorated with gilded floral motifs, kashira with a figure, menuki with gilded figure. Tsuka in brown silk. Saya in black lacquer with horn mounts. Kozuka with a bird and tree in bass-rilief. length 66.5 cm.