AS25601 Katana： Bizen Kuni Ju Osafune Yosazaemon no Jo Sukesada(Juyo Token, 63rd Designation)

Ordering Number: AS25601

Katana in Shirasaya (Juyo Token, 63rd Designation)

Signature: Bizen Kuni Ju Osafune Yosazaemon no Jo Sukesada
Dated: August, 1522 (Daiei 2),
備前国住長船与左衛門尉祐定

Sue-Koto, O-wazamono, Saijyo Saku, Bizen

Sayagaki:
Designated at the 63rd Juyo Token.
This blade is signed Bizen Kuni Ju Osafune Yosanzaemon no Jo Sukesada with a long 14-character inscription that includes the date Daiei 2 (1522). The blade is Ubu, and the tang tip is finished in a tsumami (pinched) style.It bears a tachi-mei,indicating it seemes it was specially commissioned for use as a jin-tachi.The blade shows a powerful shape with a wide mihaba deep curvature, and an elegant saki-zori .The well-forged itame-hada is refined and displays utsuri.The hamon consists of large gunome mixed with small gunome and pointed togari-ba, forming a complex and dynamic midare pattern with tobiyaki .This results in an exceptionally active and dramatic hamon, surpassing even the usual beauty of Sukesada’s works.It is considered one of the finest examples.
Blade Length: Approximately 68.5 cm (26.97 in)
In the June 2024, written by Tanzan with Kaō

Habaki: Single-layered, gold-covered
Blade Length: 68.6 cm (27.01 in)
Curvature: 2.3 cm (0.91 in)
Mekugi Hole: 1
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.29 cm (1.30 in)
Width at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.29 cm (0.90 in)
Thickness of Rim (Kasane): 0.83 cm (0.33 in)
Sword Weight: 756 g

Shape:
Wide-bodied with thick kasane, carved bohi on both sides, deep curvature, and extended kissaki, forming an excellent overall shape.

Jigane:
Finely forged ko-itame hada, showing refined steel with clearly visible utsuri.

Hamon:
A mixed midare of large and small gunome, including pointed elements, forming a complex midare with tobiyaki.
The undulation and activity exceed the norm, representing exceptional craftsmanship.

Features:
This is the first-generation Osafune Yosazaemon no Jo Sukesada, considered the most highly regarded of the Sukesada line from Bizen.
The most outstanding feature is the reverse-side signature (tachi-mei), suggesting it was a special order for a jin-tachi (battlefield tachi).

Aoi Art’s Comment:
I have viewed many swords over the years, but I have never seen a piece signed on the reverse like this (tachi-mei), nor one with such exceptional quality.
I highly recommend this work—please consider acquiring it.
Truly, I have never seen a better example.

Juyo Token (63rd Designation)
Aoi Art Estimation Paper
Whole Oshigata

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