| Product No. WA-0834 備州長船康光 | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Yasumitsu from Osafune, Bishu Back: On a Day in August 1438, the 10th Year of Eikyo |
| Shape | Shinogizukuri Iorimune |
| Region | Bizen Province |
| Era | Middle Muromachi Period |
| Length |
44.3 cm 17.4 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.5 cm 0.6 in |
| Motohaba |
2.7 cm 1.0 in |
| Sakihaba |
1.9 cm 0.8 in |
| Munekasane |
0.5 cm 0.2 in |
| Status | Hozon Token |
| Certification Date | August 22, 2025 |
| Registration Authority | Wakayama Prefecture |
| Registration Date | June 03, 1994 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Itame with mokume. A fint utsuri is partially visibule |
| Hamon (Temper line) | Gunome-midare with angular and choji shape |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Midare maru with small sharp point turn |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, a bit machi-okuri. Katte-sagari file pattern and a kurijiri end |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 3 |
| Habaki | Copper base gold foil with koshi-yujo file habaki |
Price |
550,000 JPY |
| Yasumitsu [康光] is a representative swordsmith of the Ōei Bizen [応永備前] school, alongside Morimitsu [盛光]. This wakizashi is considered the second-generation Sakyōno-suke Yasumitsu [左京亮康光] (son of the first-generation Uemonnojo Yasumitsu [右衛門尉康光]), active from around the late Ōei 30s (1420s) through the Kakitsu and Bun'an periods (1440s-1450s). This work was by the second-generation Sakyōnojo Yasumitsu, dating from Eikyō 10 (1438). It exhibits a faint, midare-utsuri on the ji, irregular koshi-hiraki gunome hamon incorporates angular gunome and chōji-ha shaped patterns. Passed the Hozon Token shinsa in June 2025. |
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