Bishu Osafune Sukesada

[Sukaira]

Bishu Osafune Sukesada

 

Papers: NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

Country(Kuni)・Era(Jidai): Bizen(Okayama)・Late Muromachi period - August, 1567 (Eiroku 10th year) 

Blade length(Cutting edge): 71.5cm
Curve(SORI): 2.5cm
Width at the hamachi(Moto-Haba): 3.22cm
Thickness at the Moto-Kasane: 0.77cm
Wide at the Kissaki(Saki-Haba): 2.55cm
Thickness at the Saki-Kasane:  0.60cm
Habaki: oneo part, gold foil Habaki
Sword tang(Nakago):Unaltered, Kattesagari file pattern
Rivet Holes(Mekugiana): 1

Shape(Taihai): Shinogizukuri, Iorimune, Chu-kissaki
 

Dated and has a wide width and thickness.

Hamon is Gunome and Choji with Tobiyaki.
Jigane is Itame and Mokume.
Nakago is Ubu.

 

Asking: $12,000

Payment: Bank transfer

Shipping: Free for continental USA (you pay elsewhere) - but if you want to return it I need to deduct it from the refund

 

This will be going onto Nihonto Antiques soon if it is not picked up here first. Excellent condition, polish is in sashikomi with a very beautiful "light behind the clouds" effect. Strong sugata.

 

Edited Thursday at 08:28 PM by Sukaira

[Sukaira]

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[klee]

My god what a blade in perfect polish.

 

Hadori could never do this blade justice

[eternal_newbie]

5 hours ago, klee said:

Hadori could never do this blade justice

 

Agreed; this is a spectacular, extremely tight and bright nioiguchi that demands to be front and center, not obscured behind a gunome or suguha interpretation.

[klee]

And I feel like this sword is well deserving of a sayagaki.

 

The workmanship is top tier for Sue Bizen and this size ( esp with the long nakago ) is unusual even for Eiroku/ Tensho / Momoyama Sukesada

Edited Friday at 10:10 PM by klee

[Sukaira]

Really special piece for sure. Bittersweet goodbye on this one. This was most likely commissioned to a high ranking samurai at the time. Also agree on sayagaki. I regret not having one done before it left Japan. Would love to see Tanobe sensei's thoughts on the workmanship. Several high level Sukesada smiths overlap the date this was forged. Nidai Yosozaemon and Genbei, along with a few other jo-saku Sukesada workshop smiths that were known to sign with this particular signature. In fact, the  9m JPY Genbei that was on Aoi Art a week or so ago (now gone) had a Nakago very similar to this one.

Edited Sunday at 09:36 PM by Sukaira