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.

Provenance

Dr Walter Ames Compton

Lot Essay

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

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