Gunto
JB-1011 Gunto
Higo Dōtanuki Munehiro Shin Gunto
A family-heirloom Shin Guntō with a saya-label attribution to the Higo Dōtanuki line — the Kumamoto school of robust, battle-functional blades favoured by Katō Kiyomasa.
JB-1015
£900
Meiji-era Japanese police sabre with its original black sword tassel intact — the tassels are usually the first fitting to be lost.
- Period
- Meiji (late 1800s)
- Mounting
- Japanese police-issue (keisatsu) sabre pattern.
- Condition
- Complete with original black sword tassel — a rare survival, as the tassels are usually the first fitting lost.
The keisatsu sabre was the sidearm of the Meiji-era Japanese police force, modelled on Western police patterns alongside the broader adoption of European-style uniforms and equipment after the Restoration — the same modernisation that produced the kyū-guntō for the army. Surviving examples are commonly found without the original sword tassel: the cord and tassel were the most fragile component of the assembly and the first thing to fail or be removed in storage.
This piece keeps its original black tassel intact — a rare survival on a complete example, and one of the small details that lifts a clean police sabre from routine militaria into something collectors actively look for.
Age-verified delivery · UK / EU / international · Insured to declared value.
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