A KATANA, the blade honzukuri, kasane atsui, iorimune, chugissaki and very shallow torii-zori, forging details obscured by shallow scratches, ubu nakago, unsigned, late 19th century, 70 cm. long; in brown ishimeji-nuri inro-koshizami-saya with iron kojiri, fuchi-kashira and tsuba (rusted), the hilt bound with lacquered tape