‡ Ⓜ A JAPANESE NAGINATA BY MIZUTA KUNIMITSU, MID-17TH CENTURY
in new shirasaya (resting scabbard); with a black lacquered handle and scabbard decorated with finely sprinkled aogai (mother of pearl); nakago (tang) signed å‚™ä¸åœ‹æ°´ç”°ä½å¤§æœˆå®‰å·¦è¡›é–€å°‰åœ‹å…‰ä½œ ì Bitchû Kuni (Bitchû Province) Mizuta jû (resident of Mizuta) Ôtsuki Yasuzaemon (no) Jô Kunimitsu saku (made by Kunimitsu, Honorary Guardian of Ôtsuki); the blade deeply curved with shinogi (longitudinal ridge line) and a broad notare (undulating) hamon (tempering pattern); one broad and one narrow hi (groove) filled with red lacquer; fitted with a copper habaki (collar)
Kunimitsu was the third son of the fourth generation Bitchu-Mizuta Kunishige. He worked in Osaka around 1645 but later moved to Edo where he was employed as a swordsmith by the Abe clan.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £1,100
‡ Ⓜ A JAPANESE NAGINATA BY MIZUTA KUNIMITSU, MID-17TH CENTURY
in new shirasaya (resting scabbard); with a black lacquered handle and scabbard decorated with finely sprinkled aogai (mother of pearl); nakago (tang) signed å‚™ä¸åœ‹æ°´ç”°ä½å¤§æœˆå®‰å·¦è¡›é–€å°‰åœ‹å…‰ä½œ ì Bitchû Kuni (Bitchû Province) Mizuta jû (resident of Mizuta) Ôtsuki Yasuzaemon (no) Jô Kunimitsu saku (made by Kunimitsu, Honorary Guardian of Ôtsuki); the blade deeply curved with shinogi (longitudinal ridge line) and a broad notare (undulating) hamon (tempering pattern); one broad and one narrow hi (groove) filled with red lacquer; fitted with a copper habaki (collar)
Kunimitsu was the third son of the fourth generation Bitchu-Mizuta Kunishige. He worked in Osaka around 1645 but later moved to Edo where he was employed as a swordsmith by the Abe clan.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 29th Jun, 2022