The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of a European Collector
A tanto | Signed Bizen kuni ju Osafune Kiyomitsu (Kiyomitsu of Osafune, Bizen Province) | Momoyama period, dated Genki san nen sho gatsu hi (a day in the 1st month, 1572)
Lot Closed
May 10, 02:14 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a European Collector
A tanto
Signed Bizen kuni ju Osafune Kiyomitsu (Kiyomitsu of Osafune, Bizen Province)
Momoyama period, dated Genki san nen sho gatsu hi (a day in the 1st month, 1572)
Sugata [configuration]: hira zukuri
Kitae [forging pattern]: mixed itame and mokume hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: broad suguha
Boshi [tip]: long kaeri
Nakago [tang]: ubu, one mekugi-ana
Habaki [collar]: copper gilt, single clad
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Koshirae [mount]: the fine lacquer koshirae with a black sabiji ground with intermittent areas of basket weave in red lacquer, the finely carved and hammered menuki of gourds and vine in gold, ribbed tsuka
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 23.2 cm., 9⅛ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.6 cm., 1 in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving], no. 121331 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 2 (1990).