Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Japanese sword (wakizashi), blade 17.75 in., hon-zukuri, horimono representing an arrow, silvered habaki, nakago with two-character mei (Nobukuni), openwork iron tsuba with raised rim and perforations representing clouds, fuchi and kashira of shakudo with gilt-highlighted botanical details in low relief, black laquered saya with gold and polychrome depiction of a bird on the branches of a flowering tree, kogatana with kozuka of shakudo and displaying a dragon entwined around a sword (ken) in relief against a ground of waves.