• $11200

A SHINTO KATANA IN TACHI MOUNTS
By Bizen Osafune Sukesada, dated 1541
The blade of shinogi-zukuri form, with broad notare-ha of nie and nioi, mokume-hada, the ubu-nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed and dated Bizen kuni ju Osafune Sukesada, Tenbun junen, hachigatsu (1541); in shirasaya; koshirae: the saya of rubbed brown ishime lacquer with traces of gold foil, the upper part of ribbed roiro-nuri; tachi mounts of shakudo, the fuchi-kashira, ashi-kanamono, seme-gane and kojiri with gilt foliate mon. The blade 69.9cm (27½in) long. (3).
Footnotes
With NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho paper for the mount; NBTHK Hozon Token paper for the blade.