Lot 138 Dα

Sunnobi Tantô. Late Muromachi period

Blade length: 35.3 cm, hira-zukuri with bo-hi and mitsu-mune, itame-hada mixed with mokume, hamon unclear. Nakago: ubu funagata ending with kurijiri with two mekugi-ana, signed: Sôshû (no) jû Hiromasa.
Koshirae: brown silk binding over same, menuki in form of playing puppies in shakudô and gilt copper, fuchi-kashira decorated with tea-cermony utensils. The iron openwork tsuba with eight fans decorated with copper and brass inly. The saya self-made.