Details
A CHIISA-KATANA, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and torii-zori, the hada obscured by staining, umanoha hamon visible, komaru boshi (blade stained but might repolish), ubu nakago inscribed Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke, and with a date, Kanbun ninen (1662), but possibly later, 54.6cm long; in koshikizami mijingainuri saya engraved with stylised clouds fitted with an umabari (kozuka absent, kurikata restored), the hilt with gilt menuki formed as ho-o in flight, the silver kojiri and fuchi-kashira decorated in silver and gilt takazogan with kiri, shuko and nadeshiko, the iron tsuba decorated with a ho-o and kiri in gilt hirazogan and fitted with a silver rim