A KATANA BLADE, honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki with mokume hada and gomone-midare hamon, midare komi boshi and ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, signed Katsumori (of Bungo province), the date erased, mid-16th Century, 27½in.; with fine samegawa-togidashi saya, copper tsuba with shippo pattern, shakudo nanakoji fuchi-kashira with cherry blossom near a temple, the menuki formed as saddled horses (hilt damaged)

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A KATANA BLADE, honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki with mokume hada and gomone-midare hamon, midare komi boshi and ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, signed Katsumori (of Bungo province), the date erased, mid-16th Century, 27½in.; with fine samegawa-togidashi saya, copper tsuba with shippo pattern, shakudo nanakoji fuchi-kashira with cherry blossom near a temple, the menuki formed as saddled horses (hilt damaged)