Japanese Samurai Katana Kiyomitsu Signed / Dated 1560 Mounted WWll Army Fittings Sword LS#102 Ukiyoe This was used to help

This was used to help make an efficient starting cut before proceeding with the larger teeth

The red lava-textured ground shows the coiled ribbing typical of quality Sumida production

The unusual use of silver studs as decorative elements

Province/School: Heianjō lineage (Kyoto connections

It was made in the Hida Takayama region of Gifu prefecture in the Shunkei lacquer ware tradition and hand crafted in the mid to late Showa ear c 1960's -1980's

Japanese Samurai Katana Kiyomitsu Signed / Dated 1560 Mounted WWll Army Fittings Sword LS#102 Ukiyoe This was used to helpAntique Japanese Katana by Osafune Kiyomitsu Signed and Dated August 1560 (Eiroku 3) The tang is fully signed read Bizen Koku j Osafune Magemon no j Kiyomitsu (Kiyomitsu, holder of the Magemon no j title, resident of Osafune in Bizen Province). The date on the reverse remains (a day in the eighth month, Eiroku 3 = 1560 CE). The deep, legible mei and precise date firmly place the blade in the Sengoku Jidai, the summer of Nobunagas Okehazama campaign.