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A BIZEN OSAFUNE WAKIZASHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD, DATED 1416, SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 5 sun, 9.5 bu (48.5cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori of of 1.2cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.9cm.; carving (horimono): maru-dome bo-hi above stylized dragon with vajra claws (tsume) on both sides.
Forging pattern (jihada): an elegant ko-mokume with the internal subdivisions of the steel layers appearing silver against the deep blue of the metal itself.
Tempering pattern (hamon): irregular clove-like pattern (choji midare).
Point (boshi): Jizo.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): wide, Bizen type; file marks (yasurime): sujikai; end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): one; signature (katanamei): Bishu Osafune Morimitsu, dated Oei 23 (1416) 8th month.
Shirasaya with attestation signed Kunzan (Homma Junji).
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 60655, dated Showa 37 (1962), and a koshu tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 13419, dated Showa 52 (1977).
MUROMACHI PERIOD, DATED 1416, SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 5 sun, 9.5 bu (48.5cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori of of 1.2cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.9cm.; carving (horimono): maru-dome bo-hi above stylized dragon with vajra claws (tsume) on both sides.
Forging pattern (jihada): an elegant ko-mokume with the internal subdivisions of the steel layers appearing silver against the deep blue of the metal itself.
Tempering pattern (hamon): irregular clove-like pattern (choji midare).
Point (boshi): Jizo.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): wide, Bizen type; file marks (yasurime): sujikai; end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): one; signature (katanamei): Bishu Osafune Morimitsu, dated Oei 23 (1416) 8th month.
Shirasaya with attestation signed Kunzan (Homma Junji).
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 60655, dated Showa 37 (1962), and a koshu tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 13419, dated Showa 52 (1977).
來源
Joseph U. Seo, New York