Japanese Edo Period Signed “Kagemitsu” Tanto Samurai Sword in Red Sheath LS#101 Kiseru & Tabakobon Yamazaki Toshinobu 山崎年信 (also recorded

Yamazaki Toshinobu 山崎年信 (also recorded under the surname Saitō

Date: Meiji 19–22 (1886–c

as the clamshells are often intricately decorated with beautiful designs

1847–1915) — Weeping Russian Wives

Japanese Edo Period Signed “Kagemitsu” Tanto Samurai Sword in Red Sheath LS#101 Kiseru & Tabakobon Yamazaki Toshinobu 山崎年信 (also recordedSigned Japanese Tant (Kagemitsu)Muromachi period or later A Japanese short sword (tant) signed (Kagemitsu), attributed to a later smith of the Osafune Bizen tradition. The blade is of typical form with a straight suguha hamon, differing from the flamboyant chji midare of the Kamakura master. The signature is boldly placed on the tang (nakago), though carved in a simpler hand, pointing toward Muromachi or Edo manufacture rather than the great early