SIGNED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE KIYOMITSU SAKU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (MID 16TH CENTURY)
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A BIZEN KATANA
SIGNED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE KIYOMITSU SAKU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (mid 16th Century) Sugata [configuration]: broad honzukuri, iori-mune, even curve, chu-kissaki Kitae [forging pattern]: close ko-itame Hamon [tempering pattern]: medium-width suguha with ashi and yo of nioi with ko-nie Boshi [tip]: ichimai with a long kaeri Nakago [tang]: ubu, katte-sagari file marks, two mekugi-ana, kurijiri tip Nagasa [length of blade]: 69.9cm. Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting, the saya of sparse nashiji, metal fittings Hamano School comprising gold, silver, and shakudo menuki of Kwanyu, Li Pei, and Wu Meng seated at low writing tables, fuchi-kashira of shakudo signed Ryokon (fl.c 1750) with kao, a heavy shakudo tsuba deeply carved and moulded with copper, silver and gold details depicting Gentoku riding into the gorge of Tan, signed Ryoko with kao, with silk and brocade bags.
来源
Dr Walter Ames Compton
拍品专文
The blade is accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Kicho Token [Valuable Sword] no. 57975 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Sword] in 1961