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A small tanto made by Tenryushi Masataka during the late Edo period. The blade measures 11.4 cm in length and features a toranba style hamon. It is mounted in an aikuchi koshirae with a hen-nuri saya and comes with a suaka habaki.

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Tanto: Tenryushi Masataka

mei · Edo · nagasa 11.4cm

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Measurements & details
Smith
Masataka
Type
Tanto
Period
Around 1818–1845(Bunsei-Tenpo)
Signature
Signed
Measurements
Nagasa 11.4cmMotohaba 1.21cmSakihaba 0.97cmKasane 0.38cmWeight 17g
Description

A small tanto made by Tenryushi Masataka during the late Edo period. The blade measures 11.4 cm in length and features a toranba style hamon. It is mounted in an aikuchi koshirae with a hen-nuri saya and comes with a suaka habaki.

About the maker

Masataka

正隆

Settsu · around 1818-1845

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Historical context

The Edo period (1615 to 1868)

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Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.

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