A WEIGHTY BAKUMATSU ERA KATANA, in Satsuma style Koshirae, the blade honzukuri, kasane atsui, iorimune, chugissaki, and extremely shallow torii-zori, with itame hada and kogonome-midare hamon (polished as suguba), Komaru boshi and ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, one a shinobi-ana, unsigned, mid 19th century, 73.6cm long; with Kuroronuri saya (small repairs), sentoku migakiji fuchi-kashira, gilt metal menuki formed as alighting cranes and plain iron tsuba with two udenuki-ana