Katana: Signed ‘Bizen-no-Kuni Ju Osafune Katsumitsu’ / ‘Eisho Juni-nen Ni-gatsu Kichijitsu’ (February 1515) 刀 銘 備前国住長船勝光／永正十二年二月吉日かたな めい びぜんのくにじゅうおさふねかつみつ／えいしょうじゅうにねんにがつきちじつ
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本作は、庵棟（いおりむね）、身幅（みはば）と重（かさ）ねは尋常、反り頃合い、中鋒（ちゅうきっさき）で、腰反（こしぞ）り、茎（なかご）は寸詰まりの典型的な末古刀（すえことう）姿を示しており、鍛えは、杢目（もくめ）肌が詰み、処々板目（いため）肌が流れ、刃文は直刃調、刃縁（はべり）締まりごころで小沸（こにえ）つき、ところどころほつれて、鎺元（はばきもと）にしたがいわずかに小さく乱れる。帽子は直ぐに先尖（さきとが）りごころに小丸（こまる）。彫刻は表裏とも丸止めの棒樋（ぼうひ）、加えて添樋（そえび）がある。茎（なかご）には、表裏に作者と年紀銘がある。俗銘は切られていないが、次郎左衛門尉勝光の入念（にゅうねん）作である。
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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
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January 9, 2026