Maker: BISHU OSAFUNE KIYO (?Kiyomitsu)
Sugata: [configuration]: hirazukuri, no curve, swelling kissaki
Kitae: [forging pattern]: itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with variations in ko-midare, gunome,sunagashi and yubashiri
Boshi [tip]: komaru with kuzure
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: suriage, katte-sagari file marks, two holes, kiri tip
Habaki [collar]:
Nagasa [length of blade]:blade 22.9cm, tang 8.8cm
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya
The signature is probably Kiyomitsu of Osafune village in Bizen province.
16th Century
16th Century, Mid
Production date:
exact
AD 1560
: SIGNED EIROKU SANNEN HACHIGATSU ( THE EIGHTH MONTH 1560)
The signature is probably Kiyomitsu of Osafune village in Bizen province.
Inscription present: date
Accession number: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS23
Primary reference Number: 163260
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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