Nanbokucho Tachi sword

Nanbokucho Tachi sword attributed to Kinju
Blade: honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori, Mino province.
In its black lacquer saya

Provenance: Christie’s London, sale June 7, 2000, lot 96

Length: 101.5 cm
Width: 8 cm
Blade: 71 cm
Blade: 69.9 cm

The blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with extended chugissaki, itame-masame with o-mokumehada and chikei and dense ji-nie, ko-midare hamon of nie with much sunagashi, hakikakke boshi, o-suriage nakago, Mino Province, in its black ishimeji lacquer saya decorated with gilt kuyo mon, gilt edged shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, seme and kojiri, similar tachi ashi, Otafuku mokkogata shakudo ishimeji katana tsuba with large hitsuana and etched in low relief with kiri, shakudo rim, gilt kiri menuki, 19th century