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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE YASUMITSU SAKU AND BEARING DATE OEI NIJUNEN HACHIGATSU (NO) HI
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A Bizen Tachi in Ito-Maki Tachi Mounts
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Bizen kuni ju Osafune Yasumitsu saku and bearing date Oei nijunen hachigatsu (no) hi
Hon-zukuri, iori-mune, ko-kissaki, koshizori, with itame forging pattern and a narrow suguha tempered edge, the tang ubu with kiri file marks and one hole, gilt-copper one-piece habaki, 25¾in.(65.4cm.) long
19th-century ito-maki tachi mounts with a nashiji saya lacquered with hollyhock crests in gold hiramaki-e and wrapped in brocade and blue silk between the hangers, the hardware all gilt-copper and carved with scrolling vines against a nanako ground, tsuka wih gold dragon and ken menuki, gilt-copper aoi tsuba
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Bizen kuni ju Osafune Yasumitsu saku and bearing date Oei nijunen hachigatsu (no) hi
Hon-zukuri, iori-mune, ko-kissaki, koshizori, with itame forging pattern and a narrow suguha tempered edge, the tang ubu with kiri file marks and one hole, gilt-copper one-piece habaki, 25¾in.(65.4cm.) long
19th-century ito-maki tachi mounts with a nashiji saya lacquered with hollyhock crests in gold hiramaki-e and wrapped in brocade and blue silk between the hangers, the hardware all gilt-copper and carved with scrolling vines against a nanako ground, tsuka wih gold dragon and ken menuki, gilt-copper aoi tsuba