April 1, 2024
#1060 JP SAMURAI SWORD -Man of Skinhead- MENUKI
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#1060 JP SAMURAI SWORD -Man of Skinhead- MENUKI Item: a pair of Menuki The gilded Shakudo Menuki carved in Katabori carving with a skinhead man holding a baby (maybe this guy is Tairano Kiyomori, and the baby is Emperor Antoku). Attachment: a wooden box Condition / Damage : very good / gilding is partly came off Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item. Basic Terms about Japanese Antique Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Tachi (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword), PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (sheath), Fuchikashira & Menuki (ornamental parts for hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (knife), Kogai (portable comb), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover) Shape (-gata): Mokkogata (four lobed shape), Kakugata (square shape), Kikugata (chrysanthemum shape) MATERIAL : Shakudo (copper-gold alloy), Suaka (pure copper), Shibuichi (copper-silver(quarter or more) alloy) SURFACE (-ji): Migakiji (smooth surface), Mokumeji (surface like the grain of wood), Ishimeji (surface like the grain of stone), Tsuchimeji (hammer marks surface), Nanakoji (raised dimpling surface like fish roe) CARVING (-bori): Takabori (high relief carving), Kebori (fine line carving), Katakiribori (carving with a cross section like "|/"), Katabori (carving with real form) OPENWORK
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