NA 2026.010
Last revised
Nihontō · Wakizashi · Koshirae
Mumei Wakizashi Study V
無銘脇差 · 拵
Period unrecorded · not established
An unsigned 30.5 cm hira-zukuri wakizashi in a red-and-black marbled lacquer koshirae with ochre wrap, a plain round iron tsuba and a slender brass implement; out of polish and unpapered.
AttributionMumei · unattributed · 無銘Unsigned; no attribution is proposed and no appraisal paper accompanies the blade
- Nagasa
- 30.5 cm
- Sori
- 0.4 cm
- Condition
- Out of polish · unpapered
Object record
Overview
Object record
- Item
- Wakizashi (脇差) in marbled-lacquer koshirae
- Mei
- None · 無銘
- Nagasa
- 30.5 cm
- Sori
- 0.4 cm
- Width
- Motohaba 2.2 cm · sakihaba 1.6 cm
- Kasane
- Motogasane 0.3 cm · sakigasane 0.3 cm
- Construction
- Hira-zukuri · no shinogi or yokote in the photographs
- Mekugi-ana
- One · both nakago faces photographed
- Period
- Unrecorded · no appraisal paper supplied
Condition record
- Photographs
- Seventeen archival photographs · no video
- Documents
- No registration card, NBTHK/NTHK paper, or other certificate shown
Photographic record
Plates · 17
Available views arranged as a comparative object study; descriptions distinguish observation from documentary attribution.
Click underlined specialist terms for concise notes and construction diagrams.
IV
Koshirae & Ensemble
拵・全体
2 plates
Plate IV.1 · 拵・全体
Ensemble, drawn
The blade laid beside its mounting. The is lacquered in a marbled red-over-black figure that reads as deep red where the light catches it; a pale with a green stripe is tied in a decorative knot at the . The is wrapped in ochre ito over same and closed with a dark horn .
Plate IV.2 · 拵・全体
&
The mounting alone, showing the full length of the , the tied with its frayed ends, and the small round seated against the . The lacquer surface carries fine scuffing along its upper face.
II
Sugata & Nakago
姿・茎
12 plates
Plate II.1 · 姿・茎
Full · first face
Full length on the first face. Nagasa 30.5 cm with only 0.4 cm and a thin 0.3 cm kasane (measurements per the source description). The blade is hira-zukuri: no line and no appear anywhere along it.
Plate II.2 · 姿・茎
Full · second face
Full length on the second face, showing the same flat section and a dark clouded band occupying the upper half of the blade against a bright edge.
Plate II.3 · 姿・茎
· first face
The tang with one . The surface is uniform rust-brown with no inscription, and the file marks are lost under the corrosion. A pale collar sits ahead of the at the .
Plate II.4 · 姿・茎
· second face & jiri
The reverse of the tang, again unsigned, ending in a blunt rounded jiri set at a slight angle. The single is punched cleanly and shows no elongation.
Plate II.5 · 姿・茎
, & collar
The from the mune side: a copper with a pale collar of horn or bone seated behind it, and the step where the polished blade gives way to the tang.
Plate II.6 · 地刃
Surface · above the
Immediately above the . The bright band along the edge meets a dark grey upper half in a soft, uneven boundary; small dark specks are scattered through the transition.
Plate II.7 · 地刃
Surface · lower mid-blade
Lower mid-blade. Grey clouding covers most of the width, with fine scratching running lengthwise and a faint reddish speck near the edge.
Plate II.8 · 地刃
Surface · mid-blade
Mid-blade. The darkening deepens toward the mune and a shallow nick interrupts the back edge; the mark is recorded as visible without any classification.
Plate II.9 · 地刃
Surface · full width
A full-width record with the copper at the frame edge, carrying mune, body and edge in one view. The bright band holds roughly the lower third of the width along this stretch.
Plate II.10 · 地刃
Surface · below the point
The stretch below the point, where the dark upper band narrows as the blade tapers and the bright edge widens proportionally.
Plate II.11 · 地刃
Point · first face
The point on the first face. With no the hardened area, if it is one, runs uninterrupted into the tip; the is full and the outline undamaged.
Plate II.12 · 地刃
Point · second face
The point on the second face, carrying reddish rust marks across the darker upper area. The tip itself is intact.
III
Koshirae Fittings
拵金具
3 plates
Plate III.1 · 拵金具
Brass implement
A slender brass implement photographed alone, flat in section and drawn to a fine tip. The form is consistent with the end of a , but its decorated body is not shown and the source description does not name it.
Plate III.2 · 拵金具
, &
The dismounted fittings: a plain round iron with an oval and a narrow flanking the , two brass of different sizes, and the wrapped in ochre ito over pale same with dark horn and . Small copper-toned sit under the wrap.
Plate III.3 · 拵金具
Fittings · reverse
The same group from the other side. The 's surface is pitted and unornamented apart from its outline; the shows its open and the ito knot drawn through the .
Photographs courtesy of GN-1-Japan, used with permission.
Revision history
- Catalogue record established from the ended listing and its 17 gallery photographs.