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A SHINSHINTO BIZEN OSAFUNE TANTO
DATED TENPO 12 (1841), SIGNED BIZEN OSAFUNE (NO) JU SUKESADA
Sugata: of hira-zukuri with iori-mune; nagasa: 7 sun, 3 bu (22.1 cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: narrow suguba with extremely fine komidare in nie and nioi. Boshi: ura: chu-maru nijuba; omote: hakikake. Nakago keitai: regular Bizen and with a dry grey-brown patina; yasurime: kiri-yasuri; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, tachi-mei: Bizen Osafune (no) ju Sukesada; jidai: Tempo 12, 2nd month (1841). Shirasaya.
Accompanied by an shinteisho, no. 1029, dated Heisei 5 (1993), issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai.
DATED TENPO 12 (1841), SIGNED BIZEN OSAFUNE (NO) JU SUKESADA
Sugata: of hira-zukuri with iori-mune; nagasa: 7 sun, 3 bu (22.1 cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: narrow suguba with extremely fine komidare in nie and nioi. Boshi: ura: chu-maru nijuba; omote: hakikake. Nakago keitai: regular Bizen and with a dry grey-brown patina; yasurime: kiri-yasuri; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, tachi-mei: Bizen Osafune (no) ju Sukesada; jidai: Tempo 12, 2nd month (1841). Shirasaya.
Accompanied by an shinteisho, no. 1029, dated Heisei 5 (1993), issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai.