"Very Rare Wakizashi Blade Shobuzukuri Koto Signed Osafune Sukemitsu - Koshirae Painted Dragon"
Very beautiful and very rare Wakizashi with its very beautiful Koto Shobu zukuri Zaimei blade, signed OSAFUNE SUKEMITSU with its Koshirae in black lacquer, painted with a magnificent flaming dragon.
Blacksmith's name : Osafune Sukemitsu
Blade classification : ChuJo-Saku and Ryo-wazamono
Signature (with) : Zaimei - Bishu Osafune Sukemitsu, 備 州長 船 祐 光
Date: Inscribed date : 寛 正 5 年 2 月 日 、 Kansho 5 nen 2 Gatsu Bi, one day in February 1465
Certificates : Without
Blacksmithing School : Bizen called : Eikyo-Bizen 永享 備 前 - Location: Osafune, Chugoku Chiho Region, Okayama Prefecture. (South Japan) Period : Middle Muromachi, Kansho period. Chu-Koto (mid-period Koto blade).
Features :
Blade type : Shobu Zukuri. No-hi (without groove)
Blade weight : 370grs
Nagasa : 43.6cm
Kissaki type : O-kissaki
Mune type : Iori Mune
Nakago type : Standard - Futsu Gata Nakago-saki (end of Nakago) type : Ha -agari-kuri-jiri (Original UBU) Yasurime : Suji-chigai
Mekugi-ana : 3
Sori of type : Chuzori of 1.4cm
Hamon of type : Midare
Boshi : Midare Komi
Jihada of type : Chirimen Hada
Koshirae :
Tsuba with for theme : Mountain torrent with water mill to irrigate the rice fields, 2 golden cranes flying in the sky - Type : Naga Maru Gata - Material : Iron.
Fuchi / Kashira with the theme : Floral motifs - Material : Iron and brass + 2 Menuki gold spacer rings with the theme : Animals (birds?) - Material : Iron and brass
Kogai / Kogatana with the theme : Peasant walking in a mountain landscape / Unsigned blade.
Sageo and Ito in natural Japanese silk.
Appearance of the blade : Good polishing, very nice Hamon
Defects of the blade : Presence of very small points of oxidation.
Description : Very beautiful and very rare Wakizashi with its very beautiful Koto Shobu zukuri Zaimei blade, signed OSAFUNE SUKEMITSU with, like the Horimonos dedicated to Fudo-Myo (Kurikara), in Maki-e and red and gold lacquer accompanied by his kozuka and kogatana en suite, with the Tsuba. Peasant in a landscape with a water mill and carrying a pendulum. The foam of the waves represented by gold inlays. and his Koshirae painted with a magnificent dragon in Maki-e.
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