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UDA KUNIFUSA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1530-1550):An Etchu tanto with mounts
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century
Kanmuri-otoshi configuration forged in itame-hada along the shinogi and masame-hada along the cutting edge, with a narrow suguha tempered edge with nie and sunagashi and a suguha boshi, both sides carved with bohi, the ubu tang with four holes (two overlapping), katte sagari file marks and signed Uda Kunifusa, 10 3/4in (27.3cm) long, with a one-piece silvered copper habaki
The 19th-century koshira-e comprising a russet-lacquer saya decorated with a variety of insects in shell and bone inlays and fitted with a russet-iron kojiri and a kozuka handle, both carved with a dragonfly in relief highlighted in gilt, the dark wood tsuka decorated in inlays to match the saya and fitted with shinchu fuchi-gashira decorated with figures in a landscape in takabori, signed Nara Toshishige, the oval shinchu plate tsuba decorated with landscapes in takabori and gold takazogan
With Kanteisho certificate no. 11259 issued by the Nihon Token Hozonkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) (NPO), dated April 18, 2021
With Hozon Tosogu certificate no 4018203 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated January 15, 2021
