Koshirae 5

適用外です Not applicable

適用外です Not applicable

特性特徴:

刀身は入っておらず、ツナギと呼ばれる、木材でできた刀身の形に削り上げられたものが入っています。 尻尾を長く伸ばした鼠の姿を容彫とし金色絵を施した目貫、木の葉をしいた茸で象った栗形は吹寄図を据文象嵌とし、脱穀図とおぼしき模様の笄の金具を取り合わせて、豊かな秋の実りが題材となっている拵です。微細な青貝をちりばめた塗り鞘で、銀の鐺がついています。

Characteristic feature:

The carved shape of a rat with a long tail and gold-red painted menuki. The chestnut shape is inlaid with a fukiyoshi-zu design in the shape of a mushroom with leaves on it. Kougai metal fittings with a threshing design are combined with the theme of plentiful autumn harvests. The lacquered scabbard is studded with fine blue shells and has a silver kojiri (bottom of the scabbard).

古い下げ緒と拵え袋正絹が付属します。

Comes with an old Sageo and a koshirae bag made of pure silk.

It is also called “fukorogatana” (pocket sword) or “kaiken” (kaiken). Japanese swords first appeared in the mid-Heian period, but they were traditionally believed to have spiritual power to exterminate demons and monsters, and were given to children and women in samurai society. The first protective sword in history appeared in 1182 (Juei 1).

[Info from Wikipedia].