Auction: November 13, 2022

Lot #164: Unknown Smith (Koto, 1400-1600) Japanese Bizen Wakizashi Sword

Shinogi zukuri blade having 19.75-inch cutting edge from slightly elongated kissaki to (2)-piece copper cat's scratch motif habaki and 25.5-inches from kissaki to o-suriage nakagojiri; nakago having (2) mekugi ana with mei reading "Bi Shu (Bizen) Osafune"; having buke zukuri koshirae with tsuka having cream ito with remnants of gold tone pigment on same beneath, fuchi and kashira are plain darkened iron including beveled edges on kashira; tsuba having landscape motif on each side with top side having figure and remnants of inlaid shakudo, including (2) metal seppa and (2) leather seppa