Osafune Sukemitsu
長船助光 (Osafune Sukemitsu)
A present-day smith from Osafune, in the city of Setouchi (Okayama prefecture); effort prize at the NBTHK Gendai Tōshoku-ten in 2025. He is none of the Sukemitsu of Osafune of the koto period.
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Osafune Sukemitsu (長船助光) is a present-day smith who has his forge in Osafune, in the city of Setouchi (Okayama prefecture), according to the member list of the Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会), the All Japan Swordsmiths Association, where he appears under the smith name Sukemitsu (助光).
At the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten) of 2023 he ranked first among the selected works, both in the tachi and katana section and in the tantō section. In 2025 he received the effort prize for an 84.0 cm tachi signed Bizen Osafune Sukemitsu saku (備前長船助光作).
He is none of the Sukemitsu of Osafune of the koto period: neither Osafune Sukemitsu (長船祐光), written with a different kanji, nor the Bishū Osafune Sukemitsu (備州長船助光) line.