• $6700

AN ATTRACTIVELY-MOUNTED O-TANTO
By Yoshisuke, Edo Period
The blade of hira-zukuri form, notare-ha of nie and nioi with kinsugi, mokume-hada; the nakago with kiri-yasuri and one mekugi-ana, signed Yoshisuke; in shirasaya; koshirae: saya of roiro lacquer, decorated with origami cranes in takamakie; gold menuki of origami cranes; kozuka of shakudo nanako, with five origami cranes in gold takazogan, unsigned. 29.9cm (11¾in) long. (3).

crane