KUNIYASU LINEAGE A Shintō Tantō in Mounts Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, 16th/17th century Hirazukuri, iorimune, with no curvature, forged in ko-itame hada and with a gunome midare tempered edge and a ko-maru bōshi, the ubu tang with two holes, sujikai file marks and gold-inlaid attribution signature Kuniyasu, with a one-piece gold-foil habaki; the 19th-century koshira-e mounted with animal-themed fittings, the ribbed brown-lacquer saya decorated with ravens in black and gold hiramaki-e, signed on the kozukaguchi Jūsui and with a kaō, the silver kojiri decorated with hares in iro-e takazōgan, illegibly signed, and the shakudō kurikata with a minogame (busy-tailed tortoise) in silver takazōgan, with a shakudō migakiji kozuka decorated with cuckoo flying before a cloud-obscured moon in silver and gold takazōgan and hirazōgan, the backplate brass, inscribed Haruaki Hōgen and with a kaō, the silver and copper tsuka banded with a strip of gold with applied menuki formed as a rooster, hen, and chicks in iro-e takazōgan and mounted with shakudō nanakoji fuchi-gashira with insects in autumn grasses in iro-e takazōgan, the shakudō migakiji tsuba decorated with a rooster and hare beneath the moon in iro-e takazōgan and hirazōgan, signed Kohama no jū Tanaka Tokuaki with a kaō and dated Meiji roku hinoe hatsuharu tsukuru (Made in the early Spring of 1873) Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 27cm (10 5/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing