拍品專文
Junkei Nagamitsu was the son of Mitsutada and nephew of Kagehide. His blades can be divided into two groups: early blades which are wide with an active choji pattern; and later blades which are slender with suguba tempering line . Nagamitsu I used either a simple two-character signature (nijimei) or a long signature (nagamei), e.g. Bizen [no] Kuni Osafune Nagamitsu tsukuru. Signatures containing 'Sakon-Shogen' may be his, but in all probability, they should be assigned to Nagamitsu II.
Kodachi of less than 60cm. appeared in large numbers at the end of the 13th century. The majority of examples are from Yamashiro and Osafune, and it appears that production was restricted mainly to these two groups within a relatively short period. This example probably dates from circa 1290. One theory holds that a kedachi served as a secondary sword to the tachi, not unlike the function of the future wakizashi in a daisho.
Kodachi of less than 60cm. appeared in large numbers at the end of the 13th century. The majority of examples are from Yamashiro and Osafune, and it appears that production was restricted mainly to these two groups within a relatively short period. This example probably dates from circa 1290. One theory holds that a kedachi served as a secondary sword to the tachi, not unlike the function of the future wakizashi in a daisho.