A nice tidy sword in good polish. This sword features in page 70 of the the Gregory and Fuller book – Military swords of imperial Japan. It has a couple of ware as is common with swords of this age but nothing critical, comes in quality Shirasaya and well fitted late war Shin Gunto mounts. This sword has prominent Funbari and measures 60 cm.
Period – Koto – Muromachi
Paper – No Paper
Mei – Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu
Nagasa – 60 cm
Sugata – Shinogi-zukuri
Sori – Koshi-zori 1.4 cm
Kissaki – O-Kissaki
Mune – Iori
Kasane – 0.7 cm
Mihaba – 3.2 cm
Nakago – Ubu – Standard with kuri-jiri
Mekugi Anna – 1
Yasurime – Not Seen
Hamon – Nioi-deki suguha with ko-nie mixed in. The nioi-guchi is tight and bright.
Boshi – Ko-maru with a long water-fall return
Hada – Itame
Price – Sold
