細節
A Bizen School Tachi
Signed tachi-mei, Bizen no kuni Osafune Yoshi ....., Nambokucho Period (14th Century)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, koshizori, extended chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: running o-itame and mokume with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome choji midare of nie, midare utsuri
Boshi [tip]: ko-midare
Horimono [carvings]: bohi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: suriage, three holes
Habaki [collar]: double, gold
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 74.8cm.
Sori [curvature]: 2.2cm.
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 3cm.
Sakihaba [width before tip]: 2.1cm.
出版
The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Shinshun Tokubetsu ten, Bizen Osafune Meito Ten (Tokyo, 1999), cat.no.8, p.8
展覽
Shinshun Tokubetsu ten, Bizen Osafune Meito Ten [Special Exhibition in Early Spring, Masterpieces of Swords from Bizen Osafune], Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, from January 1999
注意事項
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