A KATANA, the blade honzokuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki with ko-itame hada and suguba midare hamon of ko-nie, omaru boshi and ubu nakago, signed Hisakatsu, circa 1400, 25½in.; with samegawa togidashi saya, soft metal fuchi-kashira inscribed Omori Eishu, menuki formed as gilt tigers, Mito tsuba depicting a tiger by a torrent