Play: National Treasure: wakizashi signed Rai Kunitsugu (国宝 脇指 銘 来国次, kokuhō wakizashi mei Rai Kunitsugu)
National Treasure: wakizashi signed Rai Kunitsugu (国宝 脇指 銘 来国次, kokuhō wakizashi mei Rai Kunitsugu) · Daniel Lee
0:33 · 25 January 2024
The National Treasure, which the title calls a wakizashi; the official record gives it as a tantō of 32.7 cm. The description mentions the Tokugawa of Kishū.
Play: Tokubetsu Jūyō: tachi signed Rai Kunitsugu (特別重要刀剣 太刀 銘 来国次, tokubetsu jūyō tōken tachi mei Rai Kunitsugu)
Tokubetsu Jūyō: tachi signed Rai Kunitsugu (特別重要刀剣 太刀 銘 来国次, tokubetsu jūyō tōken tachi mei Rai Kunitsugu) · Daniel Lee
0:46 · 25 January 2024
A slender tachi, of ko-itame with nie-utsuri. The description says that his tachi number fewer than ten, a figure that Sesko disputes.
Play: Tokubetsu Jūyō: tantō Rai Kunitsugu, with an old scabbard (特別重要刀剣 短刀 来国次 附 古鞘, tokubetsu jūyō tōken tantō Rai Kunitsugu tsuketari kozaya)
Tokubetsu Jūyō: tantō Rai Kunitsugu, with an old scabbard (特別重要刀剣 短刀 来国次 附 古鞘, tokubetsu jūyō tōken tantō Rai Kunitsugu tsuketari kozaya) · Daniel Lee
0:22 · 25 January 2024
A tantō of moderate width, with fine chikei, according to the description.
Play: Tantō signed Rai Kunitsugu (短刀 銘 来国次, tantō mei Rai Kunitsugu)
Tantō signed Rai Kunitsugu (短刀 銘 来国次, tantō mei Rai Kunitsugu) · Daniel Lee
0:28 · 26 January 2024
A tantō wide for its length, with minimal curvature, with notare, gunome and yubashiri, according to the description.