ATTRIBUTED TO THE BIZEN YOSHII GROUP (ACTIVE 15TH/16TH CENTURY)A Bizen Yoshii Katana
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th century
Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, slightly sakizori
Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada with some mokume hada in ji-nie
Hamon (tempering pattern): regular gunome, the apex with rounded heads, clusters of nie in the valleys, with ashi and some faint utsuri
Bōshi (tip): notare
Nakago (tang): ō-suriage with two holes and kiri file marks
Habaki (collar): one-piece, gold-foil with nekogaki ("cat scratch") pattern
Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 28 1/8in (71.4cm)
Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 3/16in (3.01cm)
Sakihaba (width before tip): 13/16in (2.06cm)
In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) with attestation written by Satō Kanzan (1907-1978) dated winter, 1977
With Tokubetsu Kichō Tōken (Especially Precious Sword) certificate no. 353464 attributing this sword to the Bizen Yoshii group, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated February 4, 1978
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BIZEN YOSHII GROUP (ACTIVE 15TH/16TH CENTURY)A Bizen Yoshii Katana
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th century
Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, slightly sakizori
Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada with some mokume hada in ji-nie
Hamon (tempering pattern): regular gunome, the apex with rounded heads, clusters of nie in the valleys, with ashi and some faint utsuri
Bōshi (tip): notare
Nakago (tang): ō-suriage with two holes and kiri file marks
Habaki (collar): one-piece, gold-foil with nekogaki ("cat scratch") pattern
Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 28 1/8in (71.4cm)
Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 3/16in (3.01cm)
Sakihaba (width before tip): 13/16in (2.06cm)
In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) with attestation written by Satō Kanzan (1907-1978) dated winter, 1977
With Tokubetsu Kichō Tōken (Especially Precious Sword) certificate no. 353464 attributing this sword to the Bizen Yoshii group, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated February 4, 1978
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