Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20 Nov 2019
A Japanese sword (ko-wakizashi)
A Japanese sword (ko-wakizashi), blade 13.75 in., hon-zukuri, mumei, silvered habaki with neko-gaki; aikuchi-koshirae with silvered fittings, plain same grip, black lacquered saya displaying the crane mon of the Mori clan; associated kogatana (signed blade) and small kogai; together with a bone mounted wakizashi, blade 21 in., niju-habaki, nakago with mei (Seki Ju Fujiwara Kanetsugu), bone koshirae carved with warriors and scholars. [2]