Daisho: Katana Signed Bizen No Kuni Osafune Jū Sukesada Saku And Wakizashi Signed Kuniyasu

Daisho
Katana signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune jū Sukesada saku and Wakizashi signed Kuniyasu
Bizen Province, Osafune Village, Japan
Katana – Kanpō period (1743)
Wakizashi – Muromachi period (1336–1573)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, shakudo, gold, silk
Katana – Nagasa: 66.2; Nakago: 21.7; Sori: 1.6 cm
Wakizashi – Nagasa: 47; Nakago: 12.4; Sori: 1.4 cm


Katana with Shinogi Tsukuri blade, Mune Hikushi, Chu Suguha Hamon.
Ko Maru type Boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri, signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune jū Sukesada saku (備前国長船住祐定作) and dated Kanpō san-nen ni-gatsu kichijitsu (寛保三年二月吉日).
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in gilded copper.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer with fluting.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi made of lacquered buffalo horn.
Shitodome made of chiselled brass.
Sageo made of black and brown braided silk.
Tsuka ito made of wood, covered with shagreen, braided with white silk.
Menuki in brass representing the Ryū dragon.
Tsuba Mokko Gata in copper covered with shakudo, chiselled with the Ryū dragon in a stormy sea, the whole enhanced with gold; signed.
Fuchi and Kashira decorated as a set.
Seppa in gilded and chiselled copper.

Wakizashi with Shinogi Tsukuri blade, Mune Hikushi, Notare-style Hamon.
O Maru-style Boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kiri or Kaku Ichi Monki, signed Kaniyasu (國康).
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in gilded copper.
Saya in wood covered with black lacquer with fluting.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Shitodome in chiselled brass.
Sageo in black and brown braided silk.
Kogatana with Kotsuka in chiselled shakudo depicting the dragon Ryū holding a sceptre, flying through the clouds, all enhanced with gold; signed blade.
Tsuka ito made of wood, covered with shagreen, braided with white silk.
Menuki made of brass representing the dragon Ryū.
Tsuba Mokko Gata made of copper covered with shakudo, chiselled with the dragon Ryū in a stormy sea, the whole enhanced with gold; signed.
Fuchi and Kashira decorated as a set; signed.
Seppa in gilded and chiselled copper.

Ref.: 5991

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