A KATANA, the blade wide honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and torii-zori, with itame hada and rather pointed gonome hamon of nioi, omaru boshi and ubu nakago, unsigned, Seki school of Mino, 19th century, 71.2 cm. long; in ishimeji-nuri saya bearing hikiryomon in gilt hiramakie, the iron kojiri, kurikata, kuchigane and fuchi-kashira decorated with cherry-blossom in gilt nunome-zogan, the circular iron tsuba formed as a hikiryomon in nikubori, the shakudo menuki formed as a squid