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BIZEN KIYOMITSU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1550s) A Kotō Katana Muromachi period (1336-1573), 16th century image 1
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BIZEN KIYOMITSU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1550s)
A Kotō Katana
Muromachi period (1336-1573), 16th century

26 October 2022, 10:00 EDT
New York

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BIZEN KIYOMITSU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1550s)

A Kotō Katana
Muromachi period (1336-1573), 16th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chūgissaki, slight koshizori, forged in itame hada mixed with mokume hada in jinie with bō-utsuri and yubashiri, the forging pattern kogunome in nioi with ko-ashi, yō, sunagashi, inazuma, and kinsuji, the komaru bōshi with some hakikake and short return, the ubu tang with two holes, indistinct file marks and signed Kiyomitsu, one-piece copper habaki, 27 1/2in (70cm) long, in a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard)
With a Kajihara worksheet

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