Property from an Important Private Collection
An important fine tachi | Signed Bizen no kuni Osafune ju Chikakage | Nanbokucho period, dated Ryakuo yonen shichigatsu (7th month 1339)
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Property from an Important Private Collection
An important fine tachi
Signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune ju Chikakage (Chikakage, a resident of Osafune in Bizen Province)
Nambokucho period, dated Ryakuo yonen shichigatsu (7th month 1339)
Sugata [configuration]: slender shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, slightly high-waisted koshi-zori with deep curvature, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame-hada mixed with nagare-hada, with jinie, midare-utsuri,
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha-based hamon mixed with ko-gunome, ko-ashi and plentiful ko-nie, fine hotsure, and with sunagashi and kinsuji
Boshi [tip]: steep ko-maru boshi with slight kaeri
Nakago [tang]: fundamentally ubu but very slightly machi-okuri with saki-kiri, yasurime sujikai file markings, two mekugi-ana, the omote signed Bizen no Kuni Osafune ju Chikakage (Chikakage, a resident of Osafune in Bizen Province), the ura dated Ryakuo yonen shichigatsu... (7th month 1339... [the other characters rubbed])
Habaki [collar]: double clad, copper-gilt
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki [inscription] by Kanzan Sato, which mentions by repute Tokugawa Ieshige (1712-1761) provenance
Koshirae [mount]: The elegant ito-no tachi koshirae Edo period, 18th century. The black lacquer saya with mon in gold hiramaki-e, the fittings in gilt and silver, the menuki in gold and shakudo with depicting grasses.
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 71.3 cm., 28⅛ in.
Sori [curvature]: 1.6 cm., ⅝ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.6 cm., ⅝ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.6 cm., 1 in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Juyo Token [Important Sword], no. 12200046 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 12 (2000).
The tsuba is illustrated back and front.
Tradition relates that Bizen Osafune Chikakage was the son of Chikatsune, a student of Nagamitsu and a contemporary of Bizen Kagemitsu. He produced some extremely fine works including a National Treasure blade dated equivalent to 1339. He also credited with the making of four tachi which are classified as Juyo Bunkazai [Important Cultural Property], and one tachi and three katana that are classified as Juyo Bijitsuhin [Imporant Works of Art].
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