Daisho: Katana signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune jū Sukesada saku and Wakizashi signed Kuniyasu

Daisho
Katana signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune jū Sukesada saku and Wakizashi signed Kuniyasu
Bizen Province, Osafune Village, Japan
Katana – Kanpō period (1743)
Wakizashi – Muromachi period (1336-1573)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, shakudo, gold, silk
Katana – Nagasa: 66.2; Nakago: 21.7; Sori: 1.6 cm
Wakizashi–Nagasa: 47; Nakago: 12.4; Sori: 1.4 cm

Katana with Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Chu Suguha type Hamon.
Ko Maru type boshi.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri, signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune jū Sukesada saku (備前国長船住祐定作) and dated Kanpō san-nen ni-gatsu kichijitsu (寛保三年二月吉日).
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in gilded copper.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer and fluted edges.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass shitodome.
Black and brown braided silk sageo.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen, braided with white silk.
Brass menuki depicting the dragon Ryū.
Tsuba Mokko Gata in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with the dragon Ryū in a turbulent sea, the roof enhanced with gold; signed.
Fuchi and Kashira decorated in suite.
Seppa in gilded and chiseled copper.

Wakizashi with Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Notare type Hamon.
Boshi type O Maru.
Nakago Funa Gata and Kiri or Kaku Ichi Monki, signed Kaniyasu (國康).
Daitsuki-niju-habaki in gilded copper.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer and fluted edges.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass shitodome.
Black and brown braided silk sageo.
Kogatana with Kotsuka in chiseled shakudo of the dragon Ryū holding a scepter, flying through the clouds, all enhanced with gold; signed blade.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen, braided with white silk.
Brass menuki depicting the dragon Ryū.
Tsuba Mokko Gata in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with the dragon Ryū in a turbulent sea, the roof enhanced with gold; signed.
Fuchi and Kashira decorated in suite; signed.
Seppa in gilded and chiseled copper.

Ref.: 5991

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