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Description: Japanese Bizen Sword (Katana) Signed Bizen (no) kuni ju Osafune Yosozaemonjo, Dated August 1505
Configuration
(sugata)
: slightly curved with shallow peak back (iori-mune), longitudinal ridge line (shinogi zukuri), and medium point (chu-kissaki) Forging pattern
(ji-hada)
: dense wood grain (itame) Tempering pattern
(hamon)
: irregular invections (gonome-midare) in nie and with 'swept sands' (sunagashi) and loose clouds of nie Tang
(nakago)
: tapering with curving end (ubu); file marks (yasuri mei): slanted (katte-sagari); holes (mekugi ana): three. Together with a wood shira-saya. Length (nagasa): 27-5/8 in (70.2 cm)Property of Various Owners