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    IMPORTANT SWORDS FROM THE MUSEUM OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS

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    10 November 2004

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    • A Bizen School Tanto
    Lot 23

    A Bizen School Tanto

    SIGNED BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE TAKAMITSU, SAKUSHU OITE OHARA TAMOTSU SAKU KORE MONO NARI EISHO 16-NEN 8-GATSU HI (1519), MUROMACHI PERIOD

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    GBP 4,182

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    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    A Bizen School Tanto
    Signed Bizen kuni ju Osafune Takamitsu, Sakushu oite Ohara Tamotsu saku kore mono nari Eisho 16-nen 8-gatsu hi (1519), Muromachi Period
    Blade moroha-zukuri, forging pattern itame with jinie, gunome midare of nioi with sunagashi, bonji on omote, remains of bonji on ura, tang ubu, two holes, nagasa 20.2cm., motohaba 2.2cm., in shirasaya

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    Lot Essay

    Moroha-zukuri blades, with a double cutting edge, date back to the early Kamakura Period in the form of ken, which are of symmetrical blade shape. Unsymmetrical tanto such as this, date from the middle and late Muromachi Periods, when they were designed to cut and stab through the weak points in armour. Many were made in Bizen, by smiths including Sukesada, Katsumitsu, and Norimitsu, and some also in Seki. There were later shinshinto copies.

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