TANTÔ GENDAITÔ Par Miyamoto Kanenori, daté Taishō 2 (1913) A GENDAITŌ TANTŌ By Miyamoto Kanenori, dated Taishō 2 (1913) The blade: Sugata: hira-zukuri; Hamon: suguha; Bōshi: kaeri fukai; Horimono depicting the Rokkasen (Six Immortals of Poetry) together with a poem by each of them from the Kokinshū, within rectangular cartouches; Nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed and dated: 'Tenran Taishō ni-nen shi-gatsu / Teishitsu Gigei'in Miyamoto Kanenori hachijū-yon-sai saku 天覽大正二年四月 / 帝室技藝員宮本包則八十四歲作 (Presented to the Emperor in the fourth month of Taishō 2 [1913], made by the Imperial Household Artist Miyamoto Kanenori at the age of eighty-four)'. In a wooden shirasaya storage scabbard. Accompanied by a certificate of registration issued by the Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education, dated 13 July 2016 (Heisei 28), no. 82863. Total length 40 cm (15 3/4 in.); the blade (nagasa) 23.5 cm (9 1/4 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