AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A RARE JAPANESE WWII NAMED OFFICER'S SWORD (SHIN-GUNTO) "FLOWER TEMPEST"

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Start price: $2,000

Estimated price: $3,200 - $4,200

Buyer's premium:

A rare Japanese named sword. This sword was named by a Samurai – Hana Arashi, "Flower Tempest."Circa 1600 A.D. Samurai blade was re-mounted during WWII for a Japanese Army Officer. Nagasa (length: 22 1/8 in., 56.5 cm.) in polish with hamon and visible hada, koshirae in shin-gunto mounts complete with brass tsuba, fuchi, kashira, engraved brass menuki and brown silk tsuka.

Dimensions: L: 36 in., (92 cm.)

Condition: Excellent.