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Sword: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS23

Object information

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Maker(s)

Maker: BISHU OSAFUNE KIYO (?Kiyomitsu)

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Description

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.

Place(s) associated

  • Osafune ⪼ Bizen ⪼ Japan

Dating

16th Century
16th Century, Mid
Production date: exact AD 1560 : SIGNED EIROKU SANNEN HACHIGATSU ( THE EIGHTH MONTH 1560)

Note

The signature is probably Kiyomitsu of Osafune village in Bizen province.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BISHU OSAFUNE KIYO (THEREAFTER CUT AWAY)
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: date

  • Text: EIROKU SANNEN HACHIGATSU
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS23
Primary reference Number: 163260
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 January 2014 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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