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SIGNED BIZEN KUNI OSAFUNE (NO) JU MAGOEMON KIYOMITSU, DATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1581
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A FINE JAPANESE TANTO
SIGNED BIZEN KUNI OSAFUNE (NO) JU MAGOEMON KIYOMITSU, DATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1581
With polished single-edged blade cut with a single fuller on one side and narrow twin fullers on the other, signed and dated on the tang, the remainder later, comprising copper habaki, koshirae comprising rayskin-covered and cord-bound grip, chrysanthemum menuki, iron fuchi-gashira with fine gold-inlaid scrollwork, and lacquered saya with iron mounts inlaid with gold scrollwork en suite with the hilt, with kodzuka and kogai each decorated with gold- and silver-inlaid foliage inhabited by a butterfly
11¼in. (28.5cm.) blade
SIGNED BIZEN KUNI OSAFUNE (NO) JU MAGOEMON KIYOMITSU, DATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1581
With polished single-edged blade cut with a single fuller on one side and narrow twin fullers on the other, signed and dated on the tang, the remainder later, comprising copper habaki, koshirae comprising rayskin-covered and cord-bound grip, chrysanthemum menuki, iron fuchi-gashira with fine gold-inlaid scrollwork, and lacquered saya with iron mounts inlaid with gold scrollwork en suite with the hilt, with kodzuka and kogai each decorated with gold- and silver-inlaid foliage inhabited by a butterfly
11¼in. (28.5cm.) blade
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