A KATANA, the blade honzukuri with full length wide grooves on omote and ura, shallow torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki, the hada obscured by shallow rubbing with wide suguba hamon of konie, komaru boshi and ubu nakago, signed Echizen ju Harima Dai jo Fujiwara Shigetaka, circa 1661, 28in.; with brown lacquered saya and copper ishimeji fittings with vermicular designs in Shoami style, some with shakudo and shibuichi rings, the shakudo menuki formed as a mon, and an ishimeji shinchu tsuba