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A katana
with silk bound shagreen hilt, gilt shakudo menuki in the form of flowersprays, nanako shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated in gilt with egrets in flight, lobed quatrefoil iron tsuba with pierced and stippled decoration, stippled brown lacquer scabbard, the blade with choji hamon -- 25.3/8in. (64.4cm) long, circa 1700, signed Yuji Shige.
with silk bound shagreen hilt, gilt shakudo menuki in the form of flowersprays, nanako shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated in gilt with egrets in flight, lobed quatrefoil iron tsuba with pierced and stippled decoration, stippled brown lacquer scabbard, the blade with choji hamon -- 25.3/8in. (64.4cm) long, circa 1700, signed Yuji Shige.