A BIZEN OSAFUNE TACHI KAMAKURA PERIOD (CIRCA 1260), SIGNED KAGEHIDE Configuration ( sugata ): with longitudinal ridge line ( shinogi-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) and medium point ( chu-kissaki ); length ( nagasa ): 2 shaku , 3 sun (69.7cm.); curvature ( sori ): strong koshi-zori of 2.7cm.; increase in width of blade ( fumbari ): 1.0cm.; carving ( horimono ): bo-hi on both sides and with pointed ends ( kaki-nagashi ) extending into the tang. Forging pattern ( jihada ): small wood grain pattern ( ko-itame ). Tempering pattern ( hamon ): choji notare in nie and nioi , becoming more subdued towards either end. Point ( boshi ): small and rounded ( ko-maru ). Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): regular and unshortened ( ubu ); file marks ( yasurime ): sujikai ; end ( nakagojiri ): rounded ( kurijiri ); holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( tachimei ): Kagehide . Shirasaya with attestation by Sato Kanzan. Hiru-maki no tachi-koshirae , Edo period (circa 1725), comprising: a saya and tsuka encased in silver-plated copper with a spiralling black-lacquered groove running the entire length, the tsuka with eight tawara-byo (ho-o) , four to a side, the kabutogane (kashira) in gold-plated and carved in high relief on an ishime ground with informal kiri-mon , the fuchi in plated gold without decoration and with a central ridge, and two ashi , all gold-plated, the ishizuki and semigane are gold-plated with the same design on ishime ground and informal kiri mon , the nagatsugane are in the shape of kiri mon and are three on the upper ashi and four on the lower, all gold-plated; the ashigawa is doeskin of a light brown color with a white-printed pattern of stupa and mon designs; the tsuba in aori mokko with inomebori inserts at the four indentations in the classic Kamakura Period style, the rim and edge are decorated with ishime ground and informal wistaria and kiri mon , with two o-seppa and six seppa , as is usual for this type of tachi mounting, all unsigned--length of koshirae 105.0cm.; saya length 85.0cm.; tsuka length 23.0cm.; tsuba height 8.2cm., width 7.0cm., thickness at center 0.35cm., thickness at edge 1.1cm. Accompanied by a tokubetsu juyo token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., dated Showa 55 (1980); a juyo token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., dated Showa 51 (1976); and a tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 0008, dated 1972.
A BIZEN OSAFUNE TACHI KAMAKURA PERIOD (CIRCA 1260), SIGNED KAGEHIDE Configuration ( sugata ): with longitudinal ridge line ( shinogi-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) and medium point ( chu-kissaki ); length ( nagasa ): 2 shaku , 3 sun (69.7cm.); curvature ( sori ): strong koshi-zori of 2.7cm.; increase in width of blade ( fumbari ): 1.0cm.; carving ( horimono ): bo-hi on both sides and with pointed ends ( kaki-nagashi ) extending into the tang. Forging pattern ( jihada ): small wood grain pattern ( ko-itame ). Tempering pattern ( hamon ): choji notare in nie and nioi , becoming more subdued towards either end. Point ( boshi ): small and rounded ( ko-maru ). Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): regular and unshortened ( ubu ); file marks ( yasurime ): sujikai ; end ( nakagojiri ): rounded ( kurijiri ); holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( tachimei ): Kagehide . Shirasaya with attestation by Sato Kanzan. Hiru-maki no tachi-koshirae , Edo period (circa 1725), comprising: a saya and tsuka encased in silver-plated copper with a spiralling black-lacquered groove running the entire length, the tsuka with eight tawara-byo (ho-o) , four to a side, the kabutogane (kashira) in gold-plated and carved in high relief on an ishime ground with informal kiri-mon , the fuchi in plated gold without decoration and with a central ridge, and two ashi , all gold-plated, the ishizuki and semigane are gold-plated with the same design on ishime ground and informal kiri mon , the nagatsugane are in the shape of kiri mon and are three on the upper ashi and four on the lower, all gold-plated; the ashigawa is doeskin of a light brown color with a white-printed pattern of stupa and mon designs; the tsuba in aori mokko with inomebori inserts at the four indentations in the classic Kamakura Period style, the rim and edge are decorated with ishime ground and informal wistaria and kiri mon , with two o-seppa and six seppa , as is usual for this type of tachi mounting, all unsigned--length of koshirae 105.0cm.; saya length 85.0cm.; tsuka length 23.0cm.; tsuba height 8.2cm., width 7.0cm., thickness at center 0.35cm., thickness at edge 1.1cm. Accompanied by a tokubetsu juyo token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., dated Showa 55 (1980); a juyo token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., dated Showa 51 (1976); and a tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 0008, dated 1972.
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