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AN OEI BIZEN TACHI
EARLY MUROMACHI PERIOD (DATED OEI 7 [1400]), SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE MOTO...
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and ko-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 9 sun, 2 bu (58.3 cm.); koshi-zori of 2.0 cm. Jihada: itame with extensive, wide midare utsuri the entire length of both sides of the blade. Hamon: irregular, narrow suguha with some shallow undulations, all in nioi, together with scattered ashi. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago: squared, curving, suriage and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei: tachi-mei, Bishu Osafune Moto...; jidai: Oei 7-nen 3-gatsu hi [1400]. Shirasaya.
EARLY MUROMACHI PERIOD (DATED OEI 7 [1400]), SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE MOTO...
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and ko-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 9 sun, 2 bu (58.3 cm.); koshi-zori of 2.0 cm. Jihada: itame with extensive, wide midare utsuri the entire length of both sides of the blade. Hamon: irregular, narrow suguha with some shallow undulations, all in nioi, together with scattered ashi. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago: squared, curving, suriage and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei: tachi-mei, Bishu Osafune Moto...; jidai: Oei 7-nen 3-gatsu hi [1400]. Shirasaya.