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Katana Wakizashi

Dai Sho : Bisyu Osafune Toshimitsu (not guarantee)/Bisyu Osahune Morimitsu (not guarantee)

2017/01/24

Dai Sho :

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Dai : Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae

Signature : Bisyu Osafune Toshimitsu (not guarantee)

The blade was polished.
Habaki : gold foiled single habaki.
Blade length : 74cm or 29.13 inches.
Sori : 2.1cm or 0.82 inches.
Mekugi : 2
Width at the hamachi : 2.67 cm or 1.05 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 1.67cm or 0.65 inches.
Kasane : 0.48 cm or 0.18 inches.
weigth: 665 gram.
Era : Late Edo period.
Shape : The blade has wide and thick healthy blade with deep sori nice looking shape.
Jitetsu : Koitame had well grained with jinie attach nice texture.
Hamon : Nioideki gunome midair and choji midair mixed and midarekomi boshi.

Special feature : At a glade, the blade looks like early Muromachi bizen school
but the sword was made at late Edo period.
The subject looks like Hosokawa or Suishinshi school sword smith.
The blade is not feel soft feeling. The blade itself nice Jigane and Hamon.

Koshirae : matching daisyo Koshirae.
Tsuba :On the round shape iron Tsuba, the rim(mimi) is iroe and on the Ji,
a dragon and clouds are engraved strong feeling.
Fuchikashira : On the syakudo plate, waves and flying plovers are engraved with gold color.
Oomori Shuson.
Saya : On the blackroiro saya, stripes are mentioned.
Menuki : some design is engraved by solid gold? or gold color.

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Sho : Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae

Signature : Bisyu Osahune Morimitsu (not guarantee)

The blade was polished.
Habaki :gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length : 45.4 cm or 17.87 inches.
Sori : 1.05 cm or 0.41 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.92 cm or 1.14 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 1.99 cm or 0.78 inches.
Kasane : 0.75 cm or 0.29 inches.
Era :late Edo period.
Shape : The blade is kowakizashi and healthy blade with deeper sori nice looking shape.
Jitetsu : Koitame had well grained with jinie attach.
Hamon :Niedeki gunome midair and cyoji midair mixed with ashi.
Boshi is midarekomi style.

Special feature : At a glade, the blade looks like early Muromachi bizen school
but the sword was made at late Edo period.
The subject looks like Hosokawa or Suishinshi school sword smith.
The blade is not feel soft feeling. The blade itself nice Jigane and Hamon.

Koshirae : matching daisyo Koshirae.
Tsuba :On the round shape iron Tsuba, the rim(mimi) is iroe and on the Ji,
a dragon and clouds are engraved strong feeling.
Fuchikashira : On the syakudo plate, waves and flying plovers are engraved with gold color.
Oomori Syuson.
Saya : On the blackroiro saya, stripes are mentioned.
Menuki : Japanese whistle is engraved by solid gold. very nice quality.

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Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : 950,000 JPY-

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