Lot Essay
Previously sold in these Rooms, 1 December, 1987, lot 239
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED BIZEN (NO) KUNI OSAFUNE JUNIN YOKOYAMA ISE (NO) KAMI SUKEHIRA
Details
A Shinshinto Long Sword (Katana)
Edo period (19th century), signed Bizen (no) kuni Osafune junin Yokoyama Ise (no) kami Sukehira
Shinogi-zukuri configuration with iori-mune back, chu-gissaki point and koshi-zori curvature and three wide grooves of varying length carved to both sides; forging pattern mokume and tempered edge suguha with ko-nie and yakidashi, the tip hakikake; tang unshortened with one mekugi-ana; in wood storage scabbard
26 3/8in. (66.9cm.) long
With a certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1986.6.24
Edo period (19th century), signed Bizen (no) kuni Osafune junin Yokoyama Ise (no) kami Sukehira
Shinogi-zukuri configuration with iori-mune back, chu-gissaki point and koshi-zori curvature and three wide grooves of varying length carved to both sides; forging pattern mokume and tempered edge suguha with ko-nie and yakidashi, the tip hakikake; tang unshortened with one mekugi-ana; in wood storage scabbard
26 3/8in. (66.9cm.) long
With a certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1986.6.24