THREE WAKIZASHI MOUNTS AND ONE TANTŌ IN SHIRASAYA Muromachi (1333-1573) or Momoyama (1573-1615) period and Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 16th and 19th centuries The tantō of hirazukuri configuration forged in ko-itamehada with a flamboyant gunome midare tempered edge with copious tobiyaki bordering on hotsure in nie and nioi, and a ko-maru bōshi, chiseled with bonji (Buddhist incantations) and a renge (lotus flowers), the ubu tang with two holes, 8 1/4in (21cm) long, with a one-piece gold-foil habaki, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard; The first koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with auspicious animals and symbols in colored lacquer and kebori, signed on the kozukaguchi Shiomi Fusen and sealed, the shakudō kozuka decorated with Mount Fuji in high-relief silver, gold and shakudō, and colored enamel, signed on the side Hirata Haruhisa saku, the tsuka wrapped in lacquered baleen over black lacquer, highlighted with fan-shaped cloisons worked in colored enamel and gold wire, signed with a kaō in gold lacquer, mounted with shakudō fuchi-gashira with cloisonné-enamel inlays of flower blossoms and a panel with a dragonfly, and silver, gold, and shakudō menuki formed as e-hon decorated with flowers and bamboo in cloisonné-enamel, the lobed shakudō tsuba decorated in gold wire and enamel inlays with blossoms; the second an ebi-goshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya finished on the surface with waves and decorated with a shibuichi ebi kojiri and shells in gold, copper, and shakudō inlays, the shakudō kurikata formed as a fugu (globefish), fitted with a copper kozuka decorated with fish in copper, shakudō, shibuichi and gold, signed Hirooki tsukuru, the iron tsuka chiseled on the surface with a seascape and decorated with plovers and sailing vessels in gold and copper inlays, the fuchi-gasira each decorated with an octopus and squid in high-relief shakudō with gold highlights, the copper and shakudō menuki formed as sea bream, the oval copper tantō tsuba decorated with a gold carp on the rim, the one-piece copper habaki deeply chiseled with crashing waves; the third comprising a black-lacquer ishimeji saya mounted with an iron kojiri and a gold and shakudō kurikata with writhing dragons, the tsuka wrapped in leather over same and mounted with a gold and shakudō fuchi with dragons in waves and a lacquer kashira and a menuki formed as Daikoku and Ebisu in iro-e takazōgan Between 16in (46cm) and 21in (53.3cm) long (4). Footnotes: The first koshira-e with Tokubetsu Kichō Tōsōgu (Especially Precious Sword Fitting) certificate no. 123 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated March 6, 1966. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing