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Tachi Osafune Nagamitsu
OSAFUNE NAGAMITSU {FIRST GENERATION } aka BIZEN NO KUNI
NAGAMITSU 1264 -1275:
SOME PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT NAGAMISTU IS IS ACTUALLY THE SAME PERSON AS JINKEI .
HIS WORKS SHOW ELEMENTS OF BIZEN TRADITION MIXED WITH YAMASHIRO TRADITION , AS
WELL AS PURE BIZEN TRADITION { BOTH VERY DESIRABLE QUALITIES IN ANTIQUE JAPANESE
SWORDS }.
SOME OF HIS BLADES HAVE A SUGATA WITH FEATURES OF THE LATE HEIAN PERIOD . THE
SHINOGI IS SLIGHTLY HIGH. THE BLADE HAS NOTICEABLE FUNBARI AND THE YOKOTE AREA
IS NARROW. HI AND HORIMONO ARE RARE IN HIS WORK. THE JI-HADA IS A DENSE KO-MOKUME
WITH UTSURI. THE HAMON CONSISTS OF NIOI KO0CHOJI MIDARE WITH KO-MIDARE. THE
PATTERN IS INCLINED TO BE SLANTED AND BASED ON SUGAHA , OR CHU-SUGAHA WITH
SLANTED ASHI . THE NIOI -GUCHI IS TIGHT . THE WIDTH OF THE HAMON NARROWS JUST
ABOVE THE YOKOTE LINE AND FINALY BECOMES O-MARU OR KO-MIDARE .
AN IKUBI KASAKI TACHI SUGATA WITH BO-BI IS COMMON . OCCASIONALLY KURIKARA { OR
KEN-MAKI RYU } AND BONJI ARE ENGRAVED . THE BOTAN UTSURI , CHOJI UTSURI OR JIFU
UTSURI ARE BEAUTIFUL . HIS O-CHOJI MIDARE JUKA-CHOJI AND KAWAZUKO CHOJI MIDARE
ARE ON A PAR WITH FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI¹S . THE HAMON IS FULL OF VARIETY AND THE
WIDTH IS IRREGULAR . THE BOSHI IS MIDARE KOMI IN IN THE PROPORTION TO THE HAMON
AND WITH A SHORT KAERI . WORK IN THE YAMASHIRO TRADITION IS ALSO SEEN .
Tachi 108.5cm in length .
Mentioned in the shinshinto dozen list of sword makers :
THE OSAFUNE SCHOOL PRODUCED MASTER SWORDSMITHS IN GREAT NUMBERS : THE FOUNDER OF
THE SWORD SCHOOL WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MITSUTADA HIS SON WAS NAGAMITSU :
The Habiki on the Nagamistu Blade is A Large & Weighty SOLID 24K
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Muromachi Nagamaki
A VERY FINE & RARE MUROMACHI PERIOD {1392 - 1573 }JAPANESE SAMURAI `SWORD`.
APPEARS TO BE A NAGAMAKI OR NAGAMAKI NAOSHI OF
SUPERB QUALITY WITH MAGNIFICENT HAMON AND HIGHEST QUALITY.
LATER EDO PERIOD AND
MEIJI PERIOD FITTINGS SOLID GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER WITH SHAKUDO FINISH .
NAKAGO IS MUMEI . KOSHIRAE IS EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND IS WELL PRESENTED IN ITS
FINELY DETAILED LACQUER , WITH WAVE HIGHLIGHTS BENEATH THE KOZUKA .
KOZUKA IS
SIGNED , WITH SOLID GOLD INLAY AND SHAKUDO ON THE TSUKA , REAR SIDE OF THE
KOZUKA SHOWS A VERY FINE HAMON. SOLID GOLD INLAY AROUND THE KOSHIRAE FITTINGS
THAT ARE ALL ENGRAVED . MENUKI ON THE TSUKA ARE SOLID GOLD INLAY WITH SHAKUDO
AND SILVER , BINDING IS SOFT LACQUERED ASSA { HEMP } . SEPPA ARE SOLID SILVER
OVER COPPER . HABIKI IS TWO STAGE ORNATE SOLID SILVER OVER COPPER . OVERALL
LENGHT OF THE SWORD IS 70CM , KISSAKI IS O ` KISSAKI AND A HUGE 7.5CM . BLADE IS
IN FULL POLISH AND IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.WITH COPY OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT.
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Ken
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Ken
A rare antique Japanese Samurai "Ken" Muromachi Period.
Looks to be a Bizen Blade of significant quality in fine Polish with excellent
Hamon.
Overall Length 35cm: Length of cutting Edge 21.5cm : Mounted in a New shira-Saya
with Brocade silk storage Bag and copy of Government certificate supplied on
Sale. No Mei
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Sword: Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi
Antique Japanese Samurai Sword with kinzogan Mei, by Very
Famous Japanese Sword maker * TANBA NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI *.
Dated 1671. Listed in
the Shinto & shinshinto Dozen List.
This Smith invented the " Sudare-Ba Hamon ", characteristic of this family of Smiths; it resembles a Bamboo screen
composed of "sunagashi ".
Signature or Mei that is Inlaid into the Nakago on
both sides is real gold and referred to as "Kinzogan Mei"
Nagako Reads : TANBA
NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI MUTSU OTSUKA MIYOSHI NAGAMITCHI.
Gold signatures of this
style were only inlaid by the "Hon'ami" family and who were said to be very
reliable judges of attribution of styles to makers Names.
Nagamitchi was Awarded
the Title of " Mutsu Daijo" in 1658.
Overall Length of the swordis 87cm :
cutting Edge is 66cm : kissaki is 3cm : Blade Width 3cm : Blade thickness is 5mm.
Overall condition is Very Good ! Mounted in Shira -Saya.
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 Sword signed
Kanatani Katsumasa
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Late Edo to early Meiji period
Sword of
the Bizen style
by Sword Maker "Kanatani Katsumasa" from Tottori prefecture.
Mounted in a Fine black Lacquered Saya and New Tsuka with spectacular gilded
Sword fittings. A very fine and Magnificent Large sized Samurai sword of 91cm: Kissaki of 4.3cm, Blade Width 3cm, Blade thickness 7mm, cutting Edge of the
Blade 73cm, Superb Hamon.
Japanese Government document of authenticity. Excellent condition.
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Jumyo Blade
Blade size 88cm
Width of Blade 3cm
Blade Thickness is 7mm.
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Sword signed "Tadahiro"
Magnificent & rare Edo Period Japanese Samurai Sword.
Signed "HIZEN NO KUNI JU* FUJIWARA TADAHIRO * KANEI SHICHINEN NIGATSU
KITCHIJITSU.
Dated 1630
Length of cutting edge 43.6cm: Sori 0.6cm.
Very good original condition.
Listed as a very famous Hizen Japanese sword maker *TADAHIRO* received the
title of "Omi Daijo" in 1640.
Nakago is UBU: Hamon is Spectacular : Mounting is Shira-saya.
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Sword signed Omura Kaboku
This Smith was a native of Suraga province .
He served the Matsudaira Clan of Eichigo Province as a surgeon
before becoming a retainer of the Tokugawa Clan
(Mito Tokugawa Family) of Hitachi province. He appears to have learned sword making from a Smith of the
shitahara- school who was a relative.
Musashi Taro Yasakuni was " Kaboku's" son .
Kaboku wrote a study of Koto, entitled "kento hiho" (Hidden Treasures) and attempted to produce various kinds of Hamon, probably in imitation of Koto Blades. His Blades have a rugged, stout Sugata, a shallow Sori, hira-niku,
thick kasane , and a relatively Large Kissaki.
The jihada is course ko-mokume hada mixed with masame hada .
The Hamon is generaly Gorgeous o-midare with uneven nie.
The Boshi is ko-maru with long kaeri .
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Nagamaki
Total Length : 209 cm
Blade Length :107 cm
Blade Width : 3.7 cm
Blade Thickness :9 mm
Kissaki Length :6.9 cm
Nakago Length is 51.5cm
Nagamaki's age is end of the Momoyama Period.
Saya and Pole are "Negoro" style Lacquer.
Blade is Traditional Bizen style and Attributed to the Kanabo Sword-school .
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