Kono Haruaki and Iizuka Toyo - Aikuchi Tanto
A finely mounted aikuchi tanto with gold mounts,
the fuchi, kashira, menuki, kozuka, wari-kogai,
kuritaka and kojiri inlaid in gold, shakudo, shibuichi,
silver, copper, coral and malachite, with numerous
inro threaded with netsuke and ojime, the saya delicately lacquered in togidashi with stylised peonies.
Signed under the kozuka and wari-kogai,
Haruaki Hogen (Haruaki of rank Hogen) and oju
Sumidagawa (made by order at the Sumida river)
The lacquer signed Toyo with red seal
Length 42cm
The koshirae, late Edo Period, circa 1830
The blade signed by Munemitsu of Bizen (old name
Bishu) province
The signature is orekaeshi (folded back) so that
Bishu is on the original side of the tang. Munemitsu
is on the other side (and thus upside down due to
the folding), with the first character ‘Bun’ of the
reign of Bunmei above it.
Length 34.9cm
Late 15th Century
With certificate no. 3013369 from the Society for the
Preservation of Japanese Art Swords, August 2016.
£SOLD
