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BIZEN NO KUNI OSAFUNE SAMURAI JU KOZUKE DAIJO FUJIWARA NO
SUKESADA SAKU
GENROKU
1688 8 Month ? Day
Two piece copper Habaki is original.
Wooden black lacquered saya under leather cover is original also.
Blade width 34mm.
Blade thickness 7mm.
Lenght 70cm
Nagasa 53.5cm
Sori 22.5mm
Mekugi ana x 1.
Gunto Tsuka.
Kozuke Daijo Sukesada born 1633 titled Kozuke Daijo in 1664. Died 1721, aged 89.
He made kanbun-shinto-sugata with shallow sori & normal mihaba also
less tapering sugata with deep sori & extended chu-kissaki in the
style of Genroku Era.
He often made sugata with thick kasane & occasionally forged dense &
visible Ko-itame Hada with Ji-nie & chikei.
It is speculated that Sukesada of Shinto times represented by Kozuke
Daijo Sukesada follwed Sukesada of Sue-Bizen school. They favoured to
temper fukushiki - gunome and tempered Sugu-Yaki -Dashi that is not
seen in the Hamon of Sue-Bizen smiths. Their Sugu-Yaki-Dashi becomes
wider as it goes upward like the sugu-Yaki-Dashi of the Osaka Shinto
smiths.
As seen in the reference Oshigata, Fukushiki-gunome of Kozuke Daijo
Sukesada has a certain pattern {round gunome with Ko-gunome & Ko-
Ashi, split Yaki-Gashira or Yahazu-Ba}.
The Boshi of Kozuke Daijo Sukesada becomes sugu {occasionally
Midare-komi} then turns back to Ko-Maru.
Polish on this Katana is original & has been cleaned and serviced to
remove detridus & expose Hamon for inspection. Minor edge mark micron
size midway down the blade edge, its clearly tasted blood, its stable
all acids removed & when oiled will remain so.
Code: 80714SS
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Sukesada Sword
