Lot 1064
  • 1064

A Bizen tanto blade by Kiyomitsu, dated 1555, mounts19th century

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

of straight hira-zukuri, slightly irregular suguba of nie, kaeri-fukai boshi, itame-mokume-hada, ubu-nakago, mei Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu, Temon 24th year (1555), 8th month, 21.6cm., 8 1/2 in.; roiro saya with butterfly mon in gold takamakie; gilt-metal menuki en-suite

Literature

An N.B.T.H.K. kicho token certificate, issued 1966, accompanies this lot