A FINE KATANA BLADE circa 1658-1660, signed Hoshu Takata ju Fujiwara Yukinaga, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori, iorimune and chugissaki with itame hada and chikei, midare hamon of ko-nie and sunagashi, hakkakeru boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, 69.5cm., in shirasaya; with koshirae comprising a kuroronuri saya, tsuka with shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with irises in katakiri-bori and an iron kyosukashi tsuba, mounted on a tsunagi