Auction: December 12, 2021

Lot #385: Samurai Tanto (Japanese, Edo Period 1644-1876) Dagger

Mumei (unsigned) hira-zukuri tanto in shirasaya mounts having 9.5-inch cutting edge from kissaki (tip) to solid silver habbaki (blade collar) and overall length of 13.25-inch from kissaki to nakagojiri (end of tang); having bright and active gunome midare hamon (temper line) with healthy fukura kaeru (turn-back) at kissaki; nakago having single mekugi ana and faint higaki yasuri file marks; including tanto-sized silk storage bag having floral motif