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A BIZEN OSAFUNE SCHOOL TACHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD, DATED 1490, SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and small point (ko-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 3 sun, 2 bu (70.0cm.); curvature (sori): strong koshi-zori of 2.2cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 1.1cm.; carving (horimono): futatsujihi with maru-dome.
Forging pattern (jihada): small wood grain approaching 'pear-skin' (ko-itame/nashiji).
Tempering pattern (hamon): medium suguba in excellent ko-nie, becoming slightly wider at the yokote with insinuations of 'swept sands' (sunagashi) in the monouchi.
Point (boshi): small and rounded (ko-maru).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): regular and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): sujikai; end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three; signature (tachimei): Bishu Osafune Tadamitsu, dated Entoku 2 (1490), 8th month
Shirasaya.
Kenuki tachi-koshirae in full silver mounts, 19th century, comprising: a nashiji lacquer saya decorated with the jomon and kaiemon of the Matsudaira family of Kameyama; the tsuka decorated with stylized meandering foliage on an ishime ground and set in gold with kenuki decorated with Matsudaira jomon; the remainder of the fuchi mounts in silver; deerskin ashigawa--length of koshirae 99cm.; length of tsuka 24.2cm; tsuba height 8.1cm., width 7.6cm., thickness 9mm.
Wood storage box. Brocade and silk storage bags.
Accompanied by an origami by Honnami Tadaaki, dated Bunkyu 1 (1861); a futsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no number, dated 1959; and a tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no number, dated 1959.
MUROMACHI PERIOD, DATED 1490, SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and small point (ko-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 3 sun, 2 bu (70.0cm.); curvature (sori): strong koshi-zori of 2.2cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 1.1cm.; carving (horimono): futatsujihi with maru-dome.
Forging pattern (jihada): small wood grain approaching 'pear-skin' (ko-itame/nashiji).
Tempering pattern (hamon): medium suguba in excellent ko-nie, becoming slightly wider at the yokote with insinuations of 'swept sands' (sunagashi) in the monouchi.
Point (boshi): small and rounded (ko-maru).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): regular and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): sujikai; end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three; signature (tachimei): Bishu Osafune Tadamitsu, dated Entoku 2 (1490), 8th month
Shirasaya.
Kenuki tachi-koshirae in full silver mounts, 19th century, comprising: a nashiji lacquer saya decorated with the jomon and kaiemon of the Matsudaira family of Kameyama; the tsuka decorated with stylized meandering foliage on an ishime ground and set in gold with kenuki decorated with Matsudaira jomon; the remainder of the fuchi mounts in silver; deerskin ashigawa--length of koshirae 99cm.; length of tsuka 24.2cm; tsuba height 8.1cm., width 7.6cm., thickness 9mm.
Wood storage box. Brocade and silk storage bags.
Accompanied by an origami by Honnami Tadaaki, dated Bunkyu 1 (1861); a futsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no number, dated 1959; and a tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no number, dated 1959.