(Tsukimi Usagi Kanagu Baika Samegawa Togidashi Tanto) It has arrived, it has arrived! A miraculous and auspicious celebratory sashizoe, a Tanto by Jumyo, formerly cherished by Ishigaya Nagato-no-kami Atsukiyo—an omi hatamoto of the Edo Kita-machi Bugyo with a 2,500 koku fief. This piece was exhibited in the "Nihonto Telling History" exhibition sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun. Lord Ishigaya Atsukiyo was a descendant of Ishigaya Kurazakon-no-shogen Sadakiyo, who was appointed Kita-machi Bugyo during the reign of the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu upon the recommendation of Okubo Hikozaemon. At the end of the Bakufu era, in Kaei 2, Atsukiyo became the Osaka Sakai Bugyo, followed by a promotion to Osaka Nishi-machi Bugyo in Kaei 5. He served as Kanjo Bugyo in Ansei 2, Edo Kita-machi Bugyo in Ansei 5, and then assumed the posts of Hitotsubashi-ke Karo and Kobusho Bugyo in Bunkyu 2. In the same year, he served as Nishinomaru Rusui before retiring, later returning to the post of Kobusho Bugyo in Genji 2, and passing away in Meiji 2. He was an omi hatamoto and a bureaucrat of exceptional ability within the Shogunate. The sugata of the Tanto is in hira-zukuri style. The jigane shows itame-hada with flowing masame and utsuri appearing on the ji. The hamon is a skillfully hardened suguha-cho in nioi-deki. The koshirae features a saya of baika-same (plum blossom ray skin) in togidashi finish. The kanagu are made of shibuichi (an alloy of silver and copper); the fuchi-kashira depicts a tsukimi usagi (moon-viewing rabbit) design. The tsuba is plain shibuichi. The menuki are shakudo-ji (an alloy of gold and copper) with a design of a rooster and hen. The kozuka is brass-ji with kin-iroe and a suemon of a solid gold onaga choju-kame (long-tailed longevity turtle), which is quite luxurious. This Tanto has been carefully preserved by the family for generations. We have received it with the request to pass it on at a low price to someone who will cherish it for the next generation. Therefore, we are offering this heirloom Tanto of the Ishigaya family—who served as the Edo Kita-machi Bugyo—at a special, exceptionally low price. Please do enjoy this piece.

(Tsukimi Usagi Kanagu Baika Samegawa Togidashi Tanto) It has arrived, it has arrived! A miraculous and auspicious celebratory sashizoe, a Tanto by Jumyo, formerly cherished by Ishigaya Nagato-no-kami Atsukiyo—an omi hatamoto of the Edo Kita-machi Bugyo with a 2,500 koku fief. This piece was exhibited in the "Nihonto Telling History" exhibition sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun. Lord Ishigaya Atsukiyo was a descendant of Ishigaya Kurazakon-no-shogen Sadakiyo, who was appointed Kita-machi Bugyo during the reign of the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu upon the recommendation of Okubo Hikozaemon. At the end of the Bakufu era, in Kaei 2, Atsukiyo became the Osaka Sakai Bugyo, followed by a promotion to Osaka Nishi-machi Bugyo in Kaei 5. He served as Kanjo Bugyo in Ansei 2, Edo Kita-machi Bugyo in Ansei 5, and then assumed the posts of Hitotsubashi-ke Karo and Kobusho Bugyo in Bunkyu 2. In the same year, he served as Nishinomaru Rusui before retiring, later returning to the post of Kobusho Bugyo in Genji 2, and passing away in Meiji 2. He was an omi hatamoto and a bureaucrat of exceptional ability within the Shogunate. The sugata of the Tanto is in hira-zukuri style. The jigane shows itame-hada with flowing masame and utsuri appearing on the ji. The hamon is a skillfully hardened suguha-cho in nioi-deki. The koshirae features a saya of baika-same (plum blossom ray skin) in togidashi finish. The kanagu are made of shibuichi (an alloy of silver and copper); the fuchi-kashira depicts a tsukimi usagi (moon-viewing rabbit) design. The tsuba is plain shibuichi. The menuki are shakudo-ji (an alloy of gold and copper) with a design of a rooster and hen. The kozuka is brass-ji with kin-iroe and a suemon of a solid gold onaga choju-kame (long-tailed longevity turtle), which is quite luxurious. This Tanto has been carefully preserved by the family for generations. We have received it with the request to pass it on at a low price to someone who will cherish it for the next generation. Therefore, we are offering this heirloom Tanto of the Ishigaya family—who served as the Edo Kita-machi Bugyo—at a special, exceptionally low price. Please do enjoy this piece.