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Jan 24, 2024
possibly Momoyama period, blade signed "Taira-no-Yukinaga", iron openwork tsuba, shagreen and fabric tsuka with centipede menuki, branch and blossom decorated fuchi, overall 27 x 3 in., blade 19-3/4 in.; in later lacquer saya with removable kogai (hair pin) and kozuka (small knife), 21-1/8 in.; fabric sword bag with woven dragon decoration
Provenance: Estate of Jane B . Payne
Note: Accompanied by a written expert testimony to the signature and age of the sword signed by Iba Seikan, as well as, other documentation related to the sword.
some discoloration, some nicks to edge of blade, slight cracking to shagreen; Saya with crack to top; fraying and pulled threads to sword bag
Estate of Jane B . Payne
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