Description:

East Asia, Japan, Okinawa, World War II period, ca. 1938 to 1945 CE. A fine Japanese officer's sword known as a type 94 gunto katana (also shin gunto or kyuyon-shiki gunto) with a machine-forged steel blade. The handle is covered with stingray skin panels adorned with brass cherry blossom menuki on either side, wrapped with cotton bindings, and topped with an ornate brass pommel bearing a semicircular suspension loop. The handle also has a compressible release button on one side to free it from the sheath. A brass hand guard exhibits intricate openwork motifs, and below is the single-edged steel blade with a wavy forging pattern and a uniform rectangular spine. The brass sheath is adorned with brass fittings as well as a single suspension loop near the top, and the interior blade housing is lined with non-abrasive wood. Size (w/ sheath): 2.875" W x 39.625" H (7.3 cm x 100.6 cm); (blade): 27.6" L (70.1 cm)

Provenance: private Centennial, Colorado, USA collection, inherited from relative

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  • Condition: Minor indentations and abrasions to sheath, with light staining to some textile cords, and light abrasions to blade edge, otherwise intact and very good. Great patina throughout.

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