MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NO JU TADAMITSU AND DATED BUNMEI JUNEN HACHIGATSUHI, MUROMACHI PERIOD (1478)
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Mei: Bishu Osafune no ju Tadamitsu and dated Bunmei junen hachigatsuhi, Muromachi Period (1478)
The blade honzukuri, iorimune with chugissaki, toriizori, forging pattern komokume, tempered edge choji of nioi, tang ubu with one hole, 17.1/8in. (43.3cm.); in a roiro kizamizaya, the cotton wrapped hilt with shakudo menuki of flowers and leafs, copper ishimeji fuchi-kashira with gilt pine and two people, with signature Narasaku, an iron tsuba decorated with gold foil in nunome zogan on mimi, plum blossoms in gold and silver inlay and two holes, with signature Koshu no ju Tokihisa, copper nanakoji kozuka with gilt vine and flowers, shakudo nanakoji kurikata with gilt crest, missing uragawara
Mei: Bishu Osafune no ju Tadamitsu and dated Bunmei junen hachigatsuhi, Muromachi Period (1478)
The blade honzukuri, iorimune with chugissaki, toriizori, forging pattern komokume, tempered edge choji of nioi, tang ubu with one hole, 17.1/8in. (43.3cm.); in a roiro kizamizaya, the cotton wrapped hilt with shakudo menuki of flowers and leafs, copper ishimeji fuchi-kashira with gilt pine and two people, with signature Narasaku, an iron tsuba decorated with gold foil in nunome zogan on mimi, plum blossoms in gold and silver inlay and two holes, with signature Koshu no ju Tokihisa, copper nanakoji kozuka with gilt vine and flowers, shakudo nanakoji kurikata with gilt crest, missing uragawara