AS06143-Tanto: Bisyu Kuni Jyu Osafune Harumitsu.

Tanto in Koshirae.
Signature :　Bisyu Kuni Jyu Osafune Harumitsu. 備州国住長船春光
Oite Osadaso Ueda Saku

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo-jyo ranking.
The blade was polished.

Habaki :　Gold and silver double habaki.
Blade length:　21,9　cm or 8.62 inches.
Mekugi: 　2
Width at the hamachi : 2,12cm or 0.83 inches.
Kasane :0,58 cm or 0.22 inches.
The weight of the sword is 145 grams.

Era : Muromachi period Tensho era around 1573
Shape: Wide and thick Mitsumune style good shape Tanto.
Jigane : Ko-Itame-Hada and Ko-Mokume-Hada mixed. Jinie attached and Chikei, Utsuri are visible.
Hamon : Nie-Deki Gunome-Midare. There is Tobiyaki around Monouchi.

Special feature: This sword has Ura-Mei as Oite Osadaso Ueda Saku,
which means this sword was made at Osadaso Ueda village.
This is the branch point of Mitsukuni road
This is the area near the current Yoshitsu Chuocho, Okayama Prefecture.
Osadaso Sho is the name of a place that prospered from the Kamakura period to the Warring States period.
Ueda Village is located on the eroded surface of the Yoshitsu Plateau, which extends southwest of Mt. Hongu.
We strongly recommend this sword as historical material.
There is tiny rust around Habamoto, but it is not critical.

NBTHK Hozon Token
whole Oshigata.