WAKIZASHI SHINTÔ D'ECHIZEN ET SA MONTURE Par Shigetaka, période Edo (1615-1868), XVIIe siècle A ECHIZEN SHINTŌ WAKIZASHI WITH MOUNTS By Shigetaka, Edo period, 17th century The blade: Sugata: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, torii-zori, chū-kissaki; Hamon: notare gunome majiri, ōmaru kaeri-bōshi; ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, yasurime sujikai, ha-agari kurijiri, signed: 'Echizen no jū Harima Daijō Fujiwara Shigetaka 越前住幡磨大掾藤原重高 (Fujiwara Shigetaka, Daijō of Harima, residing in Echizen)'. Copper habaki. The koshira-e, of the Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising: the saya covered in nashiji lacquer, fitted with a kogatana, the shakudō kozuka inlaid with a gilt-copper bouquet of flowers on a nanako ground; the tsuka wrapped in same, fitted with gilt menuki in the form of a daikon, sentoku fuchi-kashira inlaid in shibuichi and gold with fish and seaweed, a sentoku nadekakugata tsuba decorated with a nocturnal landscape of a stream beneath a crescent moon among clouds, carved and inlaid with copper and silver (hirazōgan), signed Shigemitsu 重光. Accompanied by a Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate, no. 326376, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (NBTHK, Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 29 April 1976 (Shōwa 51). Total length 68.5 cm (27 in.); the blade (nagasa) 45 cm (17 3/4 in.); tsuba 7.5 cm (2 7/8 in.); kogatana 20.3 cm (8 in.) long (2). Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing