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MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY), SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU AND ILLEGIBLY DATED...SAN'NEN SANGATSU
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A Bizen Tanto with Mounts
Muromachi period (15th century), signed Bishu Osafune Norimitsu and illegibly dated...san'nen sangatsu
Sugata [configuration]: hira-zukuri, iroi-mune
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame in ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: narrow suguha of nioi
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: bo-hi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: suriage with katte-sagari file marks and two holes
Habaki [collar]: one-piece, gold foil
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 11¼in. (28.4cm.)
Koshirae [set of mounts]: comprising a black-lacquer ribbed saya with a horn kojiri and a shakudo ring-style kuri-gata, shakudo nanako-ji kozuka and kogai with pines, plum, bamboo, cranes, and bushy-tailed tortoise in iroe taka-zogan; tsuka wrapped in ray skin and mounted with iron fuchi-gashira with entertainers in iroe taka-zogan and with gold, silver and shakudo menuki of swordsmiths; silver tanto tsuba carved with scrolling vines, 19th century
Muromachi period (15th century), signed Bishu Osafune Norimitsu and illegibly dated...san'nen sangatsu
Sugata [configuration]: hira-zukuri, iroi-mune
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame in ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: narrow suguha of nioi
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: bo-hi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: suriage with katte-sagari file marks and two holes
Habaki [collar]: one-piece, gold foil
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 11¼in. (28.4cm.)
Koshirae [set of mounts]: comprising a black-lacquer ribbed saya with a horn kojiri and a shakudo ring-style kuri-gata, shakudo nanako-ji kozuka and kogai with pines, plum, bamboo, cranes, and bushy-tailed tortoise in iroe taka-zogan; tsuka wrapped in ray skin and mounted with iron fuchi-gashira with entertainers in iroe taka-zogan and with gold, silver and shakudo menuki of swordsmiths; silver tanto tsuba carved with scrolling vines, 19th century