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A KatanaSigned Bizen Kuni ju Osafune Yosaemonjo Sukesada, Shin-Shinto
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,240 inc. premium
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Signed Bizen Kuni ju Osafune Yosaemonjo Sukesada, Shin-Shinto
Signed Bizen Kuni ju Osafune Yosaemonjo Sukesada, Shin-Shinto
The blade with one mekugi-ana cut with a horimono of a dragon and tama on the omote and a bonji on the ura, choji-midare hamon of nioi with ashi, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with fruiting vines with gilt details, shakudo and gilt floral menuki, and oval iron tsuba chiselled with birds in flight over crashing waves with silver spray drops, in its brown lacquered saya with shakudo koi-guchi
68.1 cm. blade
68.1 cm. blade








