Lot Essay
YOSHINORI IS PROBABLY THE NOTED ARTIST SEKI YOSHINORI (1799-1870).
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SIGNED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE KATSUMITSU - EISHO 8 NEN [1510] HACHI GATSU KICHI HI
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A KOTO BIZEN AIKUCHI
SIGNED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE KATSUMITSU - EISHO 8 NEN [1510] HACHI GATSU KICHI HI
SUGATA [CONFIGURATION]: MOROHA-ZUKURI
KITAE [FORGING PATTERN]: ITAMEHADA
HAMON [TEMPERING PATTERN]: KO-MIDARE OF NIE WITH SUNAGASHI
BOSHI [TIP]: MARU
NAKAGO [TANG]: UBU, LONG COMPARED TO THE BLADE LENGTH, IN THE STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY
NAGASA [LENGTH OF BLADE FROM TIP TO BEGINNING OF TANG]: 14.8CM
HABAKI [COLLAR]: TWO PIECE SHAKUDO AND GILT
KOSHIRAE [MOUNTING]: DIAGONALLY RIBBED BROWN LACQUER SAYA WITH AN IRON AND GILT KANAMONO OF A FROG, SILVER FUCHI-KASHIRA AND KOJIRI CHISELLED IN HIGH RELIEF WITH CRASHING WAVES, SIGNED IN SEAL FORM YOSHINORI, RIBBED SHAKUDO KURIKATA AND URAGAWARA, PLAIN CAT-SCRATCHED SILVER WARI-KOGAI, COPPER NANAKO KOZUKA DEPICTING DARUMA IN COPPER TAKAZOGAN, A GILT INSCRIPTION IN THE NANAKO, THE REVERSE HEAVILY GILT, WITH SIGNATURE GOTO HOKKYO ICHIJO AND KAO, GILT MENUKI FORMED AS STYLIZED BONJI, 19TH CENTURY
SIGNED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE KATSUMITSU - EISHO 8 NEN [1510] HACHI GATSU KICHI HI
SUGATA [CONFIGURATION]: MOROHA-ZUKURI
KITAE [FORGING PATTERN]: ITAMEHADA
HAMON [TEMPERING PATTERN]: KO-MIDARE OF NIE WITH SUNAGASHI
BOSHI [TIP]: MARU
NAKAGO [TANG]: UBU, LONG COMPARED TO THE BLADE LENGTH, IN THE STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY
NAGASA [LENGTH OF BLADE FROM TIP TO BEGINNING OF TANG]: 14.8CM
HABAKI [COLLAR]: TWO PIECE SHAKUDO AND GILT
KOSHIRAE [MOUNTING]: DIAGONALLY RIBBED BROWN LACQUER SAYA WITH AN IRON AND GILT KANAMONO OF A FROG, SILVER FUCHI-KASHIRA AND KOJIRI CHISELLED IN HIGH RELIEF WITH CRASHING WAVES, SIGNED IN SEAL FORM YOSHINORI, RIBBED SHAKUDO KURIKATA AND URAGAWARA, PLAIN CAT-SCRATCHED SILVER WARI-KOGAI, COPPER NANAKO KOZUKA DEPICTING DARUMA IN COPPER TAKAZOGAN, A GILT INSCRIPTION IN THE NANAKO, THE REVERSE HEAVILY GILT, WITH SIGNATURE GOTO HOKKYO ICHIJO AND KAO, GILT MENUKI FORMED AS STYLIZED BONJI, 19TH CENTURY
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