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MORIMITSU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1404)
A Bizen katana in military mounts
Muromachi period (1333-1573), dated 1404
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame
hada with a suguha tempered edge in niei ending in a
ko-maru boshi, the suriage tang with four holes, indistinct
file marks and signed Bizen Osafune no ju Morimitsu and
dated Oei juichinen (1404), in military mounts
$2,500 - 3,500

350
BIZEN KIYOMITSU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1550S)
A Koto katana
Muromachi period (1336-1573), 16th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, slight koshizori, forged
in itame hada mixed with mokume hada in jinie with bo-
utsuri and yubashiri, the forging pattern ko-gunome in
nioi with ko-ashi, yo, sunagashi, inazuma, and kinsuji, the
ko-maru boshi 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
$3,000 - 4,000

351
HOKI NO KAMI NOBUTAKA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1670-
1680)
A shinto katana
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, shallow toriizori, a thick
kasane and high shinogi ridge, the wide mihaba narrowing
at the tip, the forging pattern itame hada with chikei, the
suguha tempered edge based in nie with uchinoke, ashi,
inazuma, sunagashi, the ko-maru boshi with a long return,
the ubu tang with one hole, o-sujikai and signed Hoki no
kami Fujiwara Nobutaka, with a two-piece silver habaki,
27 11/16in (70.3cm) long, in a shirasaya (wood storage
scabbard)

$3,500 - 4,500

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