AS26214 Tanto:Bishu Osafune Ju Nagayosi (Cho-gi) Jowa 6 Nen Shogatu Hi (New Year 1350)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)

Ordering number:AS26214

Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)

Signature : Bishu Osafune Ju Nagayosi (Cho-gi)
Jowa 6 Nen Shogatu Hi (New Year 1350)

Sayagaki: written by Mr.Tanobe.
Bizen koku Osafune Nagayoshi
Blade length is 9sun 7bu.
7 characters Kanji signature and production date.
The blade has thick Nie, Hitatsura Hamon.
Great Soden Bizen. Also it is value as histrical material.

Middle Koto:Saijyo saaku(the top ranking) Oo wazamono cuttingg test ranking: Bizen.
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo-Jyo saki ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Gold foiled
Blade length : 29.6 cm or 11.65 inches.
Sori : 0.4 cm or 0.15 inches.
Mekugi : 3
Width at the hamachi : 2.54 cm or 1 inches.
Kasane : 0.49cm or 0.19 inches.
Era : Nanbokucyo period Jyuwa 6 nen Syogatu hi.
(The blade was made at Nanbokucyo Jyowa 6 1st of January)
Shape : The blade is regular widrhm thickness
Mitumune style nice shape Tanto.
Jigane :Itame had well grained with jinie atach and a lot of Chikei work.
Hamon :Niedeki noter and gunome with thick nioikuchi which looks like
Hitatsura hamon like Hiromitsu.
Boshi is round shape togari and turns back sharply.

Special feature: Chogi is called Soden Bizen (mixed up Bizenden
and soshu den) like Kanemitsu both wings of Nanbokucyo period
the highest ranking Soden bizen sword. according to the sword books, Oldest sword is Syohei era and 2 types of sword one is nioideki style,
and onother one is strong nie deck significant point to be Sosyu den style.
So In Bizen scool both Cho-gi and Kaanemitsu are big different from other bizen swords.　according to the Fujishiro book Koto book says that the Chogi started from Jyoji era but this Tanto is 10 years ahead of the Jyu-ji era.

Koshirae : Jyo-Jyo saku.
Saya :Kawarinuri saya on the black color and engraved tiny engraving.
Tsuba :On the syakudo plate, the rim is covered by engraving rope style with gold color.
Menuki : On the syakudo Kabuto a dragon is engraved with gold color.
Fuchi kasher: Kabuto is engraved by syakudo plate.
Kojiri: Syakudo plain plate.
Kozuka:On the syakudo nanako plate, river waved and cherry petals
and　river-rafting are engraved with gold color.

From Aoi Art: This Tanto very active like Hitatsura hamon which remind us Hiromitsu. In Hamon, sunagashi kinsuji work and chikei on the Jigane
very active excellent work.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper.
Aoi Art estimtion paper: whole Oshigata.

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