SWORD, JAPANESE, TANTO, SHIRASAYA

W1970.931

Plain White Wood Storage Hilt, Signed.
Blade Type: TANTO
Mei: BIZEN OSAFUNE SUKESADA/TENSHO JU NEN NI GATSU HI
Nagasa: 21.4 cm
Sori: slight
Sugata: hira tsukuri
Nakago: 9.5 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu
Hada: masame
Hamon: unclear

Date: February 1582

There were a great number of smiths using the name Sukesada working in Osafune village, in Bizen Province, during this period, and both their work and their signatures were similar. The signature reads: ‘Sukesada of Osafune village in Bizen Province (Made this)’.

Koshirae
Type: SHIRASAYA
Saya: missing
Habaki: silver foil over copper, with neko-gaki
Tsuka: plain white wood

Overall length: 45.2 cm

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No. 16 ,
page 25

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	W1970.931
Accession Date:	19 Apr 1967

Material

Wood	0 - Whole

Silver/Metal

Copper/Metal

Measurement

length	452mm

length	214mm	nagasa

length	95mm	nakago [ tang that fits into the hilt]

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