AS16502-Katana: Bishu Osafune Sukesada Saku

Description

Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae.(NBTHK Hozon Token)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token)(Koshirae: NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu)

Signature : Bishu Osafune Sukesada Saku
Eisho 12 Nen 8 Gatsu Hi

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo Jyo Saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Silver single Habaki.
Blade length: 72.73 cm or 28.63 inches.
Sori: 2.7 cm or 1.06 inches.
Mekugi:  1
Width at the hamachi: 3.0 cm or 1.18 inches.
Width at the Kissaki: 2.98 cm or 1.17 inches.
Kasane: 0.665 cm or 0.26 inches.
Era: Muromachi period around Eisho era.
Shape: Ubu Nakago, wide and thick long blade with deep Sori and longer Kissaki. the shape is good.
Jigane : Ko Itame and Komokume Hada well grained with jinie attach. The Jigane is clear and beautiful. There are Utsuri.
Hamon : Nie Deki, Suguha with Ko Ashi. The Ha is bright.

Special feature: The founder of the Sukesada was working at Middle Muromachi to the late Muromachi period. Sukesada has devised 3 sections the finest swords are sword name Zokumyo style. and then Bizen Kuni and regular Bishu Osafune Sukesada and also just only Sukesada which is called Kazuuchi mono(mass products).
At that period Muromachi era was the wartime(Sengoku jidai) Mino school and Bizen produced a lot of swords and sometimes exported to China.
This blade was produced in the Eisho era, and at that time there was no work called Kazuuchi mono(mass products), and all the swords were well grained with beautifully Utsuri.
The Jigane is so good.
This is a long blade at that time, and we feel the traces of careful production.

Koshirae : NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu
Saya :
Tsuba: Round shape iron Tsuba, Kiku flower and Kiri are engraved with openwork.
Menuki: Shakudo, Kiku flower is engraved with gold color.
Fuchikashira: Shakudo Nanako, Kiri and phoenix are engraved with gold color.

NBTHK Hozon Token(*the paper will be issued later.)
NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token
Koshirae: NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.


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