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A BIZEN CHIISA-KATANA
EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE (NO) JU NIN SUKESADA SAKU
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 7 sun, 4 bu (52.8cm.); koshi-zori of 1.9cm. Jihada: extremely tight itame, almost muji. Hamon: midare in nioi and some ko-nie. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago: Bizen type, ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two; mei: katana-mei, Bishu Osafune (no) ju nin Sukesada saku. Gunto koshirae.
EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE (NO) JU NIN SUKESADA SAKU
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 7 sun, 4 bu (52.8cm.); koshi-zori of 1.9cm. Jihada: extremely tight itame, almost muji. Hamon: midare in nioi and some ko-nie. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago: Bizen type, ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two; mei: katana-mei, Bishu Osafune (no) ju nin Sukesada saku. Gunto koshirae.