Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 694
TWO JAPANESE SWORDS
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1524
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Description
TWO JAPANESE SWORDS
A katana, Shōwa era military blade 27.25 in., hon-zukuri with one broad and one narrow hi, nakago dated Shōwa 17 (1943) and with eight-character mei (Noshu Ju Minamoto Kanehisa saku), struck with Seki control mark and with 'hot stamp' (Hya-Kuren); later mounted in buke-zukuri koshirai including some modern components, fuchi and kashira with gilt dragons against a nanako ground, openwork iron tsuba also displaying a dragon; and a tachi, Shōwa era blade 27.25 in., hon-zukuri with hamon (though possibly not traditionally forged), nakago with six-character mei (Noshu Seki Nobumitsu saku), 20th century jindachi-zukuri koshirai. (2)