MEI: OTSUKI KIYOTERU TSUKURI AND OITE YUMOTO SASHU [NO] JU MASAYOSHI AND DATED MEIWA 5, EDO PERIOD (2ND MONTH, 1768)
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A SATSUMA KATANA BY TWO SMITHS
Mei: Otsuki Kiyoteru tsukuri and oite Yumoto Sashu [no] ju Masayoshi and dated Meiwa 5, Edo Period (2nd month, 1768)
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki, slight curve of shallow koshi-zori, tempered edge nashi-ji of ji-nie, tempered edge chu-suguha with uraha, sunagashi along the hamon, notare-komi boshi, tang ubu, 29¼in. (74.3cm.); in shirasaya
Mei: Otsuki Kiyoteru tsukuri and oite Yumoto Sashu [no] ju Masayoshi and dated Meiwa 5, Edo Period (2nd month, 1768)
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki, slight curve of shallow koshi-zori, tempered edge nashi-ji of ji-nie, tempered edge chu-suguha with uraha, sunagashi along the hamon, notare-komi boshi, tang ubu, 29¼in. (74.3cm.); in shirasaya
Provenance
Compton Collection Part I, lot 348