Description
with white ray skin grip covered in black silk cord, with gilt metal menuki and pommel, fine tsuba with raised and gilt flower heads, the slightly curved blade with curly hamon fuller running the length of the blade, the double rivet hole tang signed on both surfaces Bizan Osafune Sukemitsu and dated the sixth year of Muromachi period (1509), black lacquer scabbard with single suspension ring
Dimensions
blade 70cm
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of Major T. A. Guthrie.