A KATANA, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, nagagissaki and torii-zori with ko-itame mixed with masame hada, midare hamon of nioi with ashi, midare-komi boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed Fujishima Tomoshige saku, mid 19th century, 71cm. long; in kuroronuri saya with mokume design in chinkinbori and shakudo kojiri, the shakudo fuchi-kashira of similar pattern but each with a gilt katabamimon, the shakudo and gilt menuki formed as chrysanthemum sprays, the shakudo and gilt-rimmed aoigata tsuba of tachi form

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A KATANA, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, nagagissaki and torii-zori with ko-itame mixed with masame hada, midare hamon of nioi with ashi, midare-komi boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed Fujishima Tomoshige saku, mid 19th century, 71cm. long; in kuroronuri saya with mokume design in chinkinbori and shakudo kojiri, the shakudo fuchi-kashira of similar pattern but each with a gilt katabamimon, the shakudo and gilt menuki formed as chrysanthemum sprays, the shakudo and gilt-rimmed aoigata tsuba of tachi form

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One of the last members of the Fujishima line, recorded as working in Iwashiro circa 1864

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