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Let's kick this collection area off right! Here is the Japanese-specific portion of my collection. Enjoy!
Antiques
Osafune Masamitsu Tachi. Signed "Bishu Osafune Masamitsu" and dated 1390 AD by the famous Bizen smith Osafune Masamitsu. Masamitsu was one of the greatest students of Osafune Kanemitsu who was one of Masamune's great 10 "Jutetsu" and the founder of the Soden Bizen style. This style seamlessly blended the Soshu elements of Masamune and the Bizen grand master Kagemitsu (who was Kanemitsu's father). Osafune Masamitsu had extant works spanning 40 years and has 48 pieces that are Juyo Token. This is an absolutely flawless Tachi representing his later career as he returned to the stylistic elements of the Kamakura period versus the massive blades typical of the Nanbokucho period. This blade is papered by both the NBTHK and NTHK. Suspended seashell in lacquer tachi mounts with signed tsuba and gold inlay/foil fittings.
Antiques
Osafune Masamitsu Tachi. Signed "Bishu Osafune Masamitsu" and dated 1390 AD by the famous Bizen smith Osafune Masamitsu. Masamitsu was one of the greatest students of Osafune Kanemitsu who was one of Masamune's great 10 "Jutetsu" and the founder of the Soden Bizen style. This style seamlessly blended the Soshu elements of Masamune and the Bizen grand master Kagemitsu (who was Kanemitsu's father). Osafune Masamitsu had extant works spanning 40 years and has 48 pieces that are Juyo Token. This is an absolutely flawless Tachi representing his later career as he returned to the stylistic elements of the Kamakura period versus the massive blades typical of the Nanbokucho period. This blade is papered by both the NBTHK and NTHK. Suspended seashell in lacquer tachi mounts with signed tsuba and gold inlay/foil fittings.
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