Bidspirit auction | Signed, 57.8 cm- Wakizashi, attr.

Signed, 57.8 cm- Wakizashi, attr. Muromachi period (1336-1573), Japanese Samurai sword - Signed, 57.8 cm- Wakizashi, attr. Muromachi period (1336-1573), Japanese Samurai sword; Swordsmith: signed with three (3) characters- not clearly. According to the shape of blade, pronounced curvature, condition of blade steel, prominent hamon effect, genuine dark rust of the tang and three characters’ signature – the sword is attributed to the Muromachi period (1390-1573); Very sharp edge of the blade with prominent hamon feature. Overall length: 578 mm = 57.8 cm; Length of the blade (nagasa) only: 446 mm = 44.6 cm; Weight: 419 g; Sori (curvature): 12 mm; Nakago (tang): one round hole; Habaki (collar) – absent; TSUKA (handle): absent. SAYA (scabbard): absent. Provenance: Private collection of arms in Florida, USA. Wakizashi (脇差, ”side inserted [sword]”): A general term for a sword between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm in modern measurement), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. The name derives from the way the sword would be stuck at one's side through the obi (sash/belt).[8]