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Nobody Posted November 22, 2025 Report Posted November 22, 2025 備州長舩五郎左衛門尉清光 – Bishu Osafune Gorozaemon no jo Kiyomitsu 十五字ノ長銘並ビニ天文六年紀有之同工ハ清光ヲ名乗ル鍛冶中最モ上手デ次ヒデ孫右衛門尉ガアリ本作ハ其ノ真面目ナル静謐ナ直刃ヲ焼キ出来宜敷ク鍛錬モ秀デタリ - A long mei of 15 characters and a date of Tenbun 6th year (1537) are inscribed. This smith is the best skilled smith among other smiths named Kiyomitsu. The next best Kiyomitsu is Magoemon no jo. This fine work was done with neat and calm suguha and well forged. 長貮尺二寸三分強 – Length 2-shaku 2-sun 3-bu kyo (a little longer than 67.58 cm) 歳乙巳陽月 – Year of Kinoto-Mi (2025), October 探山識 – Tanzan appraised. 4 1 Quote
Takezo Posted November 22, 2025 Author Report Posted November 22, 2025 5 hours ago, Nobody said: 備州長舩五郎左衛門尉清光 – Bishu Osafune Gorozaemon no jo Kiyomitsu 十五字ノ長銘並ビニ天文六年紀有之同工ハ清光ヲ名乗ル鍛冶中最モ上手デ次ヒデ孫右衛門尉ガアリ本作ハ其ノ真面目ナル静謐ナ直刃ヲ焼キ出来宜敷ク鍛錬モ秀デタリ - A long mei of 15 characters and a date of Tenbun 6th year (1537) are inscribed. This smith is the best skilled smith among other smiths named Kiyomitsu. The next best Kiyomitsu is Magoemon no jo. This fine work was done with neat and calm suguha and well forged. 長貮尺二寸三分強 – Length 2-shaku 2-sun 3-bu kyo (a little longer than 67.58 cm) 歳乙巳陽月 – Year of Kinoto-Mi (2025), October 探山識 – Tanzan appraised. Thank you @Nobody ! Quote
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