Harumitsu Lineage A Bizen Wakizashi in Fine Mounts Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th century Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki

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HARUMITSU LINEAGE A Bizen Wakizashi in Fine Mounts Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th century Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori configuration forged in ko-itame hada in jinie with a chōji midare tempered edge with nie, nioi, ashi , and faint utsuri ending in a hakikake bōshi , chiseled on both sides with bōhi , the machiokuri tang with one hole, katte sagari file marks and signed Bizen kuni no jū Osafune Harumitsu saku , with a one-piece gilt habaki ; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with clouds in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji and mounted with an unusually large silver kurikata formed as a Chinese-style vase chiseled and inlaid in gold with a dragon in clouds, and a matching kojiri with dragons in clouds, fitted with a shakudō migakiji kozuka with dragons emanating flames in gold inlays, the tsuka wrapped in baleen and mounted with silver fuchi-gashira chiseled in relief and inlaid in gold with dragons in clouds, signed Yasumichi , and gold and shakudō menuki formed as dragons in waves, the oval, slightly mokkō tsuba with a raised rim and chiseled in relief and inlaid in gold with a sinewy dragon in clouds Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 47cm (18 1/2in) long.