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Lot n° 8 TWO JAPANESE WAKISASHI, 19TH CENTURY the first: Sugata (configuration); shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern); details obscured by rubbing; hamon (tempering pattern); details obscured by rubbing; copper habaki (collar); nakago (tang); two mekugi-ana (peg holes); suriage (shortened); signed omote (outer face of nakago) Sagami (no) Kami Fujiwara…; ura (inner face of nakago) Echizen Ju… Koshirae (mounting); saya (scabbard) missing; tsuka (handle) wooden wrapped in brown leather over mottled red and black lacquer; with an associated plain iron tsuba (hand guard) with hammered surface and one hitsu-ana (opening for scabbard side blade), 19th century the second: Sugata (configuration); shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern); details obscured by rubbing; hamon (tempering pattern); details obscured by rubbing; silvered copper habaki (collar); tsuka (handle); wooden wrapped in samegawa (ray skin) and brown silk braiding Koshirae (mounting); saya (scabbard) missing