| Product No. WA-0907 備州長船祐定 | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Bishu Osafune Sukesada Back: A day in the second month of Eisho 12（1515） |
| Shape | Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki. The mihaba and kasane are well-proportioned, with a slightly deep sori, giving the blade the form of a katate-uchi. |
| Region | Bizen Province |
| Era | Middle Muromachi Period |
| Length |
57.6 cm 22.7 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
2.1 cm 0.8 in |
| Motohaba |
3 cm 1.2 in |
| Sakihaba |
2.1 cm 0.8 in |
| Munekasane |
0.5 cm 0.2 in |
| Status | Hozon Token |
| Certification Date | May 30, 2008 |
| Registration Authority | Tokyo |
| Registration Date | November 01, 1962 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Itame mixed with mokume, with ji-nie. |
| Hamon (Temper line) | High suguha, with ko-ashi and some gunome. |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | On the omote, straight with slight irregularities and turns back; on the ura, straight with a small rounded turn-back. |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, with katte-sagari file marks and ha-agari kurijiri. |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Two-piece habaki; copper base, with the upper section brass-foiled and the lower section silver-foiled. |
| Mountings | Koshirae-tsuki |
| Koshirae | Black ishimeji lacquered saya wakizashi koshirae |
| Koshirae Length |
87.6 cm 34.5 in |
| Tsuka Length |
23.1 cm 9.1 in |
| Tsuba | Plum tree and helmet design; iron hammered ground, sumi-iri mokko shape, high-relief carving with inlay and colored metalwork |
| Menuki | Plum tree and helmet design; iron hammered ground, sumi-iri mokko shape, high-relief carving with inlay and colored metalwork |
| Fuchigashira | Dragon design; shakudo nanako ground with inlay |
| Kozuka | Rope Curtain design, Shakudo nanako ground, high-relief carving with inlay and colored metalwork, reverse finished with baked gold. |
| Other details | White Tsuka: samegawa wrapped with indigo-blue silk ito in tsumami-maki style |
Price |
650,000 JPY |
| Sukesada was the most renowned group of swordsmiths working in Bizen Osafune during the late Muromachi and Sengoku periods. The school flourished under outstanding master smiths such as Yosozaemon-no-jo, Genbei-no-jo, and Hikobei-no-jo Sukesada. This blade was made in Eisho 12 (1515), during the Eisho era (1504–1521), when the Sukesada smiths were at the height of their reputation. The jigane is itame mixed with mokume, with faint utsuri on the ji. The hamon is a high suguha, with ko-ashi and some gunome. An Eisho-era Sukesada blade from the Sengoku period, now more than 500 years old. It is accompanied by a black ishimeji lacquered saya wakizashi koshirae. The blade passed Hozon Token Shinsa in 2008. |
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