Yoshimitsu tanto

[Nicholas]

Type: Tanto
Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Ubu
Mei : (Mumei, Signature) :  Yoshimitsu
Era/Age : 
Shirasaya, Koshirae : shirasaya
Nagasa/Blade Length : 8 1/2 inches
Sword Location : USA
Will ship to : USA
Payment Methods Accepted : PayPal 
Price and Currency : $1200 USD
Other Info and Full Description : up for sale is a nice little Tanto signed Yoshimitsu. Nagasa is 8 1/2 inches. The tanto has a suguha hamon that runs the length of the blade. Comes in shirasaya. Pictures in link. 

 

 

https://imgur.com/a/ik6YCal

[Barrett Hiebert]

Nicholas,

 

Hope all is well.

 

Beautiful tanto.

 

Does it have NBTHK paperwork for Hozon ?

 

Motokasane measurement ?

 

Sakikasane measurement ?

 

I presume from pictures the habaki is a double habaki and gold foil ?

 

Do you have any closer pictures at all of both sides of the blade ?

 

Also what era roughly is Yoshimitsu ? Muromachi from my research. Found this one on Aoi Art. I presume they are the same.

 

https://www.aoijapan.com/tantoyoshimitsunbthk-hozon-token/

 

Signatures look to be the same.

 

Thank you for your time in reading and replying.

 

Best regards,

 

Barrett Hiebert

[Bugyotsuji]

Although the yoshi 𠮷character on both nakago is not written the same way 吉 as on the paperwork (short vs long upper stroke), the signatures on those two look otherwise struck in quite different styles to me.

[Lewis B]

36 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said:

Although the yoshi 𠮷character on both nakago is not written the same way 吉 as on the paperwork (short vs long upper stroke), the signatures on those two look otherwise struck in quite different styles to me.

Quite different. I think the OP's Yoshimitsu is a later generation Tosa Yoshimitsu with a signature stylistically similar to this example.

https://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_en_tachi&katana_A111223.html

 

Very nice looking blade for the asking price.