A KATANA, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with chugissaki, itame hada, yahazu-midare hamon with yakidashi in ko-nie and nioi, ubu nakago signed Bungo ju Fujiwara Yukimitsu, Bungo Takada school, late 17th/early 18th century, 69cm.; in a ribbed black lacquered saya, the shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira depicting dragons and clouds, the mokkogata shakudo tsuba with a similar design on a background of waves