Osafune Munehisa (1504-)

Osafune Munehisa (1504-)
Item type:
wakizashi
Collection:
Inventory ID:
ShBizen07
Description

Period: starts Eisho (1504-1521)
Nagasa: 47.0cm
Sori: 1.5cm
Tsukurikomi: shinogi-zukuri
Mei: 備州長船宗久 (Bishu Osafune Munehisa)
Paper: NBTHK Kicho

Bizen Osafune Munehisa (Muromatshi): In Sesko’s Index of Japanese Swordsmiths, one smith named Munehisa is listed under the Bizen tradition. According to this entry, he was active from the Eisho era onward and used a signature identical to the one found on the wakizashi presented here.