Large two-handed samurai katana sword in a varnished wooden scabbard. With a steel blade 73 cm long, a bronze tsuba, with a stylized relief landscape with monkeys, with a woven fabric wrapping on the handle. The varnished wooden scabbard is decorated with a hieroglyphic inscription, a fan, a stylized flower and scenes of monkeys in tree branches and in a clearing. Likewise, the metal elements of the sheath are subordinated to the motif of the forest and monkeys. Katana length in sheath: 112 cm. Japan.
Material:
Steel, Lacquered wood, Bronze
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