#6106 JP SAMURAI SWORD PARTS fowl's family FUCHIKASHIRA

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#6106 JP SAMURAI SWORD PARTS fowl's family FUCHIKASHIRA Item: Fuchikashira The Shakudo Fuchikashira is decorated with elaborate Suemon gold-copper inlay and Takabori carving on Migakiji plate, design of fowl's family in a bamboo grove, signed *Sadanaka. *Sadanaka - (Tenmei - Kansei period, late 18c / an apprentice of Ichinomiya Nagatsune, his family name is Iwamoto, lived in Yamashiro province, Yamashina-Ju, famous as a skilled metalsmith) Attachment: a wooden box Condition : very good Damage : small scars 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 read more