Saber Called Wakisashi, Signed Bizen Kuni Ju Osafune Kiyomitsu Saku - Japan - 16th Century

SABRE known as Wakisashi, signed Bizen Kuni Ju Osafune Kiyomitsu Saku
Japan - Muromachi period (1336-1573)
16th century

Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, brass, shakudo, gold, copper, silver
Nagasa: 52.6; Nakago: 15.7 cm
Sori: 3 cm
(Old damage)


Shinogi Tsukuri blade, Mune Takashi, Hiro Suguha temper line.
O Maru type Boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri, signed ‘Bizen (no) Kuni Osafune Yokoyama Sukekane’.
Kowarigata-habaki in gilded copper, representing a chrysanthemum.
Saya in wood covered with textured black lacquer.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Shitodome in chiselled brass.
Tsuka ito in wood, covered with shagreen, braided with yellow silk Ito.
Menuki in copper covered with shakudo representing two flowers with gold-enhanced petals.
Tsuba Naga Maru Gata in chiselled iron depicting a samurai with silver hands and face, his armour enhanced with gold; another man is seated on the ground facing the samurai, in a natural setting in iron, gold and silver; on the reverse side, a bridge is engraved, with a gold rope and shibuichi pilot.
Sekigane in copper.
Fuchi and Kashira in copper covered with shakudo, chiselled with a village with golden lanterns.
Seppa in copper covered with shibuichi.

Ref.: 5180

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