Japanese Type 19 Cavalry Officer’s Saber (Kyū-guntō) Ray Skin Hilt Meiji c1886 Sword LS109 Funadansu It features the distinctive hardware

It features the distinctive hardware of tansu made in the Yonezawa region in this case decorated in a Sakura (cherry blossom) motif

matsu (松

This bowl measures 14

1940) bronze mini Usubata (flower vase)

bordered in brown silk and lined with indigo-dyed fabric

Japanese Type 19 Cavalry Officer’s Saber (Kyū-guntō) Ray Skin Hilt Meiji c1886 Sword LS109 Funadansu It features the distinctive hardwareEarly Type 19 transitional Japanese Army officers ky gunt (company grade), Meiji 1922 (1886c. 1888 89). A scarce, short run variant produced immediately after the Army Uniform Regulations of 6 July 1886, this sabre bridges the earlier Type 8 and the standardized Type 19. The gilt brass hilt combines the new open work floral guard of the Type 19 with Type 8 DNA (the wide, flat knuckle bow and ray skin, wire ribbed grip). The company grade backstrap is