A KATANA, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki, koshi-zori, itame hada with o-hada, midare hamon of nie with sunagashi, kinsuji and ji-nie, uchinoke, hakikake boshi, a sankozuka ken horimono on the ura, a bonji on the omote, reshaped ubu nakago inscribed Munechika, circa 1400 (pitted), 70.8cm., in a textured red lacquer saya decorated with maple leaves in black, the mokkogata iron tsuba with a Chinese landscape in low relief, signed Choshu ju Yaji Tomoyuki, han-dachi mounts with gold tendrils, the kurikata and fuchi lacking