May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/10/2024
15.5c, nagasa of the unusual moroba form, which is a double edged design. Ubu, signed "Bishu Osafune Shigemitsu" with kuri nakagojiri; with NBTHK Hozon papers confirming signature and attributing it to the late Muromachi period. High shinogi, suguha hamon with sunagashi and a jihada of masame mixed with mokume, with chikei. Boshi with hakikake. Silver foil catscratch habaki. Bonji horimono on both sides on the shinogi line. In shirasaya, and accompanied by a set of fitting aikuchi mounts with ribbing on tsuka, silver menuki in the form of bids, and a silver kashira. Spiral fluting on saya with polished horn koiguchi, silver koiguchi with inome inclusions, and a silver "kurikata". Silver tsuba with brass spacers. Koshirae with a wari-bashi that will not come up over the koiguchi. CONDITION: Very good, in polish, with some very minor superficial scratches. Shirasaya with some rubs. Koshirae very good with some tarnishing to silver, and some rubs throughout, some very minor chipping at the mekugi. A wonderful package of a tanto in unusual form, in polish, with mounts, already papered.