SABER called Wakisashi, signed Bizen Kuni Ju Osafune Kiyomitsu Saku
Japan - Muromachi Period (1336-1573)
16th century
Steel, wood, lacquer, silk, brass, shakudo, gold, copper, silver
Nagasa: 52.6; Nakago: 15.7 cm
Sori: 3 cm
(Old accident)

Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Takashi, Hiro Suguha type tempering line.
Boshi type O Maru.
Nakago Funa Gata and Ha Hagari Kuri Jiri, signed “Bizen (no) Kuni Osafune Yokoyama Sukekane”.
Kowarigata-habaki in gilded copper, representing a chrysanthemum.
Wooden saya covered with textured black lacquer.
Kojiri, Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass Shitodome.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered with shagreen, braided with a yellow silk Ito.
Copper menuki covered with shakudo representing two flowers with petals enhanced with gold.
Tsuba Naga Maru Gata in chiseled iron of a samurai with silver hands and face, his armor is enhanced with gold; another man is seated on the ground facing the samurai, in a natural decoration in iron, gold and silver; on the reverse a bridge is engraved, with a gold rope and shibuichi pilot.
Copper Sekigane.
Fuchi and Kashira in copper covered with shakudo, chiseled with a village with golden lanterns.
Copper seppa covered with shibuichi.

Ref.: 5180

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