AS26111 Katana: Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu(1560)(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Signature:
Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu 備州長船清光
Eiroku 3 Nen 8 Gatsu Hi 永禄三年八月日 (August 1560)

According to our classification of the swordsmith’s work, this blade is ranked as Jyo Saku for the work of Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu.

Habaki: Gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length: 73.18 cm (28.8 in)
Curvature: 2.12 cm (0.83 in)
Mekugi Hole: 1
Width at Base: 3.15 cm (1.24 in)
Width at the Tip: 2.08 cm (0.82 in)
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.7 cm (0.28 in)
Sword Weight: 850 grams

Era: Muromachi period, August of Eiroku 3 (1560)
Shape: wide and thick blade with a deep curve.
Jigane: Itame hada with visible jigane patterns.
Hamon: Ko-nie deki Sugha with much Nie, Hotsure and Sunagashi.

Features: The Bizen Osafune Kiyomitsu school was active from the Nanbokuchō period through the late Muromachi period, and together with Sukesada, it produced many works as one of the representative groups of Sue-Bizen smiths.

This blade is an Enroku-period work and is unusually long for its time, featuring a dignified shape. It has only one mekugi-ana, preserving well the original form from the period.

NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation paper
Whole Oshigata

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