A BIZEN KATANA WITH SCABBARD

MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE SUKESADA SAKU AND DATED TENSHO NINEN (1574) HACHIGATSU BI

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A BIZEN KATANA WITH SCABBARD
Mei: Bishu Osafune Sukesada saku and dated Tensho ninen (1574) hachigatsu bi
The blade honzukuri, iorimune with extended chu-gissaki, slight koshi-zori, forging pattern tight mokume, tempered edge suguba with nie and nioi, kaen boshi, tang ubu, 72.2cm.; encased in a mottled black ribbed lacquer textured saya with horn kurikata and koiguchi, (kojiri missing) with thick go-mokkogata iron tsuba depicting a stream and reeds in shakudo zogan (hilt missing), 19th Century

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