#4053 JP SAMURAI SWORD ACCESSORY - Higo inlay BASHIN

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Ship to worldwide from Japan #4053 JP SAMURAI SWORD ACCESSORY - Higo inlay BASHIN Item: Bashin (Umabari) The iron Bashin is decorated with Inome openwork and gold-silver inlay on Migakiji plate, design of cherry blossoms. It s eems to be made by a Higo craftsman lived in Edo. Kozuka and Bashin which were made in Bakumatsu age were bigger than before. Attachment: - Condition : very good Damage : dirt of age Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item. Basic Terms of Japanese Antique Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Daito (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover) PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (scabbard), Fuchi & kashira & Menuki (ornamental metal fittings of a hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (sword's attachment: a handy knife), Kogai (sword's attachment: portable comb) 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): read more