Katana Mei: Bizennokuni Ju Osafune Sukesada Product Number 31-2575 Katana Bizennokuni Ju Osafune Sukesada Province / Era Bizen, around Genroku With Koshirae Nagasa 70.1cm (2 shaku 3 sun 1 bu 3 rin) Sori 1.8cm (5 bu 9 rin) Motohaba 3.06cm Sakihaba 2.26cm Motokasane 6.9mm Sakikasane 5.2mm Toshin Juryo 750g (excluding saya -g) Nakago Ubu Mekugi-ana 1 Hamon Notare-ba Price 400,000 Yen (Tax included) This is a Shinto Sukesada. Possibly the work of Yamato Daijo Sukesada. Jigane is Ko-itame hada. The peaks of the Notare-ba contain excellent Ko-ashi, and the ha is clear and bright.
NihontoWatchsigned · 長船 · Shinto · nagasa 70.1cm · sori 1.8cm
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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Koshirae¥400,000