Sugata: Shobu-Zukuri Iori-mune with shallow tori-zori
Nagasa:. 36.2cm
Motohaba: 2.6cm Sakihaba: 2.0cm Kasane: 5mm
Hada: jigane is pitted and obscures hada
Hamon: indistinguishable in current polish
Nakago: one mekugi ana, kurijiri, badly corroded overall
Koshirae: Rattan wrapped tsuka over dark polished wood. With single fern frond menuki. Nashiji black saya with copper fittings
Provenance: purchased in a local UK auction in 1952
Lots 539-543 comprise a collection of Japanese edged weapons assembled by the late Mr MacCormick between 1953 and 1963, with one final addition added in 1998. They were all purchased within the UK at local auctions, antique shops or privately. They have never been submitted for shinsa.
All of the works are in largely untouched condition and a professional polish would undoubtedly reveal more detail of hada, hamon and boshi. Equally the koshirae include a number of interesting tsuba and small fittings which are worthy of further study and preservation.
Mellors & Kirk gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Paul Bowman in the cataloguing of this collection
