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This sword has tight fitting Koshirae, suitable for Iai.
Signed Bizen No Kuni Ju Osafune Jirozaemon Katsumitsu (備前国住長船二郎左衛門尉勝光) , on an Auspicious Day of the 8th Month of Eisho 3 (1507)
Biography from Markus Sesko Compendium:
KATSUMITSU (勝光), 5 th gen., Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Bizen – “Bizen no Kuni-jū Osafune Jirōzaemon no Jō Katsumitsu” (備前国住長船二郎左衛門尉勝光), “Bizen no Kuni-jū Osafune Jirōzaemon no Jō Fujiwara Katsumitsu” (備前国住長船次郎左衛門尉藤原勝光), son of the 4 th gen. Ukyō no Suke Katsumitsu, first name Jirōzaemon no Jō (二郎左衛門尉), he changed the characters of his first name during the early Eishō era to (次郎左衛門尉), there exist gassaku with his uncle Sakyō no Shin Munemitsu (左京進宗光), Yosōzaemon no Jō Sukesada (与三左衛門尉祐定), and with his son Jirōbei no Jō Harumitsu (次郎兵衛尉治光), we know date signatures from the third year of Chōkyō
(長享, 1489) to the ninth year of Tenbun (天文, 1540), he continued the workmanship of his father whereas his hamon is more densely arranged, the flamboyance of his hataraki within the ha can not compete with that of his father, he know
elaborate horimono of kurikara and the like, ō-wazamono, saijō-saku.
SPECIFICATIONS
Nagasa: 27"
Motohaba: 30mm
Sakihaba: 20mm
Kotokasane: 6mm
Sakikasane: 4mm
Sori: 2.2cm
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