AS26197 Tanto： Bishu Osafune Kanemitsu. A day in August, Enbun ⚪︎ year.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)（NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu） (Consignment Sale)

Ordering Number: AS26197

Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)（NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu） (Consignment Sale).

Signature: Bishu Osafune Kanemitsu.
A day in August, Enbun ⚪︎ year.
備州長船兼光
延文⚪︎年八月日

Sayagaki: Bishu Osafune Kanemitsu, dated August, Enbun 3 (1358).
Blade length: 9 sun 4 bu.
Written in February, Showa Kinoe-Tora year.
written by Dr.Kanzan (seal).

Chuko-to: Saijo O Wazamono: Saijo Saku: Bizen.
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Bishu Osafune Kanemitsu.
Habaki: Single gold-plated habaki.
Blade Length: 28.33 cm (11.15 in).
Curvature: 0 cm (0 in).
Mekugi Hole: 1.
Width at Base (Motohaba): 2.55 cm (1.00 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.28 cm (0.11 in).
Sword Weight: 110 grams.
Era: Nanbokucho period, around Enbun (1356-1361).
Shape: Standard width tanto with bo-hi grooves engraved on both sides, possessing a beautiful sugata.
The tang has curvature.
Jigane: Fine ko-itame hada well forged with visible utsuri.
Hamon: Nie-deki with connected gunome-midare, becoming more distinct near the monouchi, and the boshi returns in a pointed kaeri.

Features: It is a highly ranked masterpiece by Bishu Osafune Kanemitsu.
Made around the Enbun era of the Nanbokucho period, the tanto possesses dignity and elegance, with inscriptions on both omote and ura sides.
Kanemitsu inherited the refined jigane of his father Kagemitsu from the late Kamakura period and established a style noted for its grand sugata and brilliant hamon.
He is renowned as a representative smith of the Bizen Osafune school and Soden-Bizen works.
His workmanship can be described as a fusion of traditional Bizen-den with the powerful influence of Soshu-den.

Koshirae: Aikuchi Koshirae.
Saya (Scabbard): Dark brown lacquered saya decorated with a dragon design in gold maki-e.
Menuki: Round-shaped phoenix design with gold-colored detailing.
Kozuka: Shakudo nanako ground with a high-relief dragon design and gold-colored accents.
With kogatana.

Historical Background: From the late Kamakura period into the Nanbokucho period, Japan experienced turbulent times marked by the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate by Minamoto no Yoritomo, the appointment of shugo and jito, the extinction of the three generations of the Minamoto clan, the transition to Hojo regency rule, and the decisive conflict with the Imperial Court.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token.
Koshirae：NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.

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