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Edo period (17th century), with signature Yamato no kuni ju Norinaga saku; the scabbard Meiji period (late 19th century)
Details
An aikuchi tanto in a lacquer scabbard
Edo period (17th century), with signature Yamato no kuni ju Norinaga saku; the scabbard Meiji period (late 19th century)
Sugata [configuration]: hirazukuri
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha
Nakago [tang]: katte-sagari file marks, two mekugi-ana and an ha'agarikata sogigata tip
Habaki [collar]: Single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long
Koshirae [scabbard]: The koshirae lacquered on embroidery with stenciled gold leaf, decorated in gold and black lacquer takamaki-e with ears of rice, fitted with solid gold mounts signed Takao (Ikeda Takao; ?-1933) or Motozane, including a kozuka carved with mandarin oranges in basket on a nanako ('fish roe') ground, sagurigane finely carved in the form of taro roots, kurikata and uragawara formed as shikami (beast) head, and menuki carved as eggplants and mushrooms of shakudo wrapped in gold straw, the whole assembled by Ikeda Takao in the Meiji period
With accompanying document signed Takao shi (recorded by Ikeda Takao), sealed Ittosai in, and dated Taisho junen kugatsu (September, 1921), describing that he assembled this scabbard with two gold menuki attributed to Ichimiya Nagatsune and the gold kurikata signed by Motozane as commissioned by Isono Ryokichi in 1872
Edo period (17th century), with signature Yamato no kuni ju Norinaga saku; the scabbard Meiji period (late 19th century)
Sugata [configuration]: hirazukuri
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha
Nakago [tang]: katte-sagari file marks, two mekugi-ana and an ha'agarikata sogigata tip
Habaki [collar]: Single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long
Koshirae [scabbard]: The koshirae lacquered on embroidery with stenciled gold leaf, decorated in gold and black lacquer takamaki-e with ears of rice, fitted with solid gold mounts signed Takao (Ikeda Takao; ?-1933) or Motozane, including a kozuka carved with mandarin oranges in basket on a nanako ('fish roe') ground, sagurigane finely carved in the form of taro roots, kurikata and uragawara formed as shikami (beast) head, and menuki carved as eggplants and mushrooms of shakudo wrapped in gold straw, the whole assembled by Ikeda Takao in the Meiji period
With accompanying document signed Takao shi (recorded by Ikeda Takao), sealed Ittosai in, and dated Taisho junen kugatsu (September, 1921), describing that he assembled this scabbard with two gold menuki attributed to Ichimiya Nagatsune and the gold kurikata signed by Motozane as commissioned by Isono Ryokichi in 1872
Provenance
Isono Ryokichi, Osaka
Literature
Ikeda Takao-o sakuhin tenkan shupppin mokuroku (Exhibition catalogue of works by Ikeda Takao) (1925), unpaginated.
Exhibited
"Ikeda Takao-o sakuhin tenkan (Exhibition of works by Ikeda Takao)," April 1925