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ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND MILITARY DECORATIONS
A rare 1937 pattern kai-gunto naval officer katana and scabbard. The hilt has standard Japanese Navy gilded brass fittings of a fuchi (collar), kabuto-gane (pommel), and triple cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament), under the brown handle binding, over black sharkskin. The guard is a blackened brass tsuba with two large seppa (guard washers) of a sunray pattern (one on each side) and one smaller seppa with serrated edges. The forged steel blade is slightly curved, with a single edge that has a wavy, hamon (temper line). The habaki (blade collar) is gilded copper. The saya (scabbard) is wood, covered in black polished sharkskin, and has gilded brass fittings to match the hilt. The saya has two hangers.
Dimensions: L: 38 1/4 in., (97 cm.)
Condition: Very good.
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