Apologies for the separate post, but I couldn't upload the extra photos of the fuchi in my previous post here. The lighting is a little challenging but I hope it provides more detail and information.
If anybody has any ideas on the school, age, etc, I'd appreciate it.
I won a bid on a wakizashi a couple years ago and when it arrived I was blown away by how much higher-quality it was than what the auction pictures suggested. I was wondering if anybody could help me with some general information on some of the fittings (the fuchi, kashira, and the tsuka)? I have pictures of the habaki and one seppa it came with too, in the event those would be helpful.
From what I can see, I believe the fuchi and kashira are some form of brass with inlay, though I really am not sure what school or era it would fall into. I THINK the ito is lacquered paper. The menuki are also visible. There is some form of writing on the top of the tsuka's wooden core which can be seen when the kashira is removed. I have included some pictures of that as well.
The style is quite striking to me, and the tsuka itself seems to be very well made.
Again, any general information would be greatly appreciated.
I have a wakizashi that's in decent shape and it seems to have a mei (or at least part of one), but it's very difficult to make out. Based on the shape of the nakago I'm guessing that the sword was shortened at some point, but I'm not certain. There is nothing written on the ura side of the nakago. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!