Kunihiro Lineage A Horikawa-School Wakizashi in Flamboyant Mounts Momoyama period (1573-1615), dated 1611 Hirazukuri

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KUNIHIRO LINEAGE A Horikawa-School Wakizashi in Flamboyant Mounts Momoyama period (1573-1615), dated 1611 Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in flowing itame hada mixed with mokume hada with a gunome midare tempered edge with a moist nioiguchi based in nie, the midare komi bōshi with a short return, the machiokuri tang with four holes (two plugged), sujikai file marks, inscribed Rakuyō Ichijō no jū Fujiwara Kunihiro, and dated Keichō kanoto-i jūich gatsu no hi (A day in the 11th month of 1611), with a two-piece gilt-copper habaki; the koshira-e comprising a saya wrapped in red, textured leather bound with silver-wire mesh and mounted with a silver kojiri hammered and chiseled with myriad shishi (mythical Chinese lions), signed Okishige, and inlaid with colored stones on a pierced ground of scrolling vines in gold, the gilt uragawara, kurikata, and koiguchi chiseled with crashing waves, the saya fitted with a silver kozuka deeply chiseled with turbulent waves, the blade signed Oite Nanban tetsu Awataguchi Ōmi no kami Tadatsuna, the tsuka mounted with a gilt fuchi deeply chiseled with Chinese warriors in a landscape, the kashira formed with seated confronted shishi (mythical Chinese lions) highlighted with colored stones, the circular menuki further inlaid with colored stones, with a circular brass tsuba decorated with a continuation of the landscape, the rim with a band of colored stones Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 30.5cm (12in) long. Footnotes: Provenance This set is subject to the following set symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.