Description

This is a tanto made by Sukesada of the Osafune school in Bizen province during the Muromachi period. The Osafune school was a prestigious lineage that lasted from the Kamakura period. Sukesada, along with Katsumitsu and Kiyomitsu, was a representative swordsmith of Sue-Bizen.

短刀 祐定作(長船)
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短刀 祐定作(長船)

Tantō

¥780,000

School

Osafune

Era

Late Nanbokucho/Early Muromachi (c. 1390)

Specifications

Nagasa

25.6 cm

Sori

0.1 cm

Motohaba

2.35 cm

Dealer

Samurai Shokai

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