A Bizen Wakizashi
A Bizen Wakizashi

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY) SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE JUNIN YOKOYAMA KOZUKE DAIJO FUJIWARA SUKESADA

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A Bizen Wakizashi
Edo period (17th century) signed Bishu Osafune junin Yokoyama Kozuke Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada
Sugata [configuration]: broad hon-zukuri, iori-mune, torii-zori, wide mi-hada and broad shinogi and chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: tightly packed itame of ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: flamboyant choji gunome midare in nioi and nie with ashi, yo, tobi-yaki and mune-yaki
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kuri-jiri with katte-sagari file marks and one hole
Habaki [collar]: single, gilt-copper
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 20¾in. (52.5cm.)
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]
With Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 122763 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1991.12.9

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