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NORIMITSU BIZEN MUNEMITSU SOSHU MASAHIRO
(ACTIVE 14TH/15TH CENTURY) (ACTIVE CIRCA 1573-1592) (ACTIVE CIRCA 1500-1530)
A Bizen tanto in mounts A Bizen tanto A Soshu o-tanto
Muromachi period (1333-1573), Muromachi period (1333-1573), Muromachi period (1333-1573),
dated 1405 16th century 16th century
Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in itame hada with Of hirazukuri, iorimune configuration forged in Of hirazukuri, iorimune configuration with a
a gunome midare and choji midare tempered ko-itame hada with a suguha tempered edge toriizori curvature and forged in itame hada
edge and ko-maru boshi with some hakikake, ending in a ko-maru boshi, carved on both mixed with mokume hada, the tempered edge
the ubu tang with one hole, signed Bishu sides with futatsu-bi, the ubu nakago with large choji midare and some hitatsura with
Osafune Norimitsu and dated O’ei nijunen katte sagari file marks, two holes, and signed nie, ara-nie, ashi and sunagashi ending in a
hachi gatsu (Eighth month of 1405), 7 1/2in Bishu no ju Munemitsu, with a two-piece silver ko-maru boshi with a long return, the omote
(19cm) long, with a one-piece gilt-copper and gold habaki, 11 1/16in (29.1cm) long, in a side carved with bonji ni suken and the ura
habaki; the 19th-century koshirae comprising wood shirasaya storage scabbard with bohi, the tanagobara tang slightly machi-
a russet ishime-lacquer saya decorated with With Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of okuri with indistinct file marks, two holes, and
nandina berries and leaves in aogai and Preservation) certificate no. 371483 issued signed Masahiro, with a one-piece gold-foil
applied with a cherry tree in gilt-metal, the by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai habaki, 13 7/8in (35.2cm) long, in a wood
kurikata and kojiri iron with a pair of birds in (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese shirasaya storage scabbard
silver takazogan and scrolling vines in gold Art Sword), dated August 12, 2005
nunomezogan, the tsuka wrapped in black $3,500 - 4,500
silk over same with modern fuchi-gashira $2,000 - 2,500
decorated with pum blossoms in gilt and
silvered iron menuki of birds, the silver tanto
tsuba with a horse in trappings in katakiribori,
signed Gesshu Issai and with a kao

$2,500 - 3,500
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