HOSOKAWA MASAYOSHI (1786-1858) A Bushū Wakizashi in Attractive Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1822 Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori configuration forged in itame hada and a ko-chōji midare and gunome midare tempered edge ending in a midare komi bōshi, both sides chiseled with a full bōhi-ni-tsurehi horimono, the ubu tang with one hole, sujikai file marks, signed Sakuyō Bakkashi Hosokawa Masayoshi tsukuru, with the artist's idiosyncratic seal, and dated Bunsei gonen mizunoe-uma nigatsu no hi (A day in the second month of 1822), with a two-piece gilt habaki; the 19th-century koshira-e mounted with matching shakudō ishimeji fittings decorated with hollyhock crests in gold and shakudō takazōgan, the gold nashiji saya decorated with hollyhock crests in gold, silver, and black hiramaki-e, with a kozuka chiseled and inlaid in gold in high relief with a dragon in flames, the tsuka wrapped in same and mounted with fuchi-gashira and menuki formed as a dragon guarding a hollyhock crest, with a tantō-sized shakudō ishimeji tsuba Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 44.7cm (17 5/8in) long. Footnotes: Masayoshi was born in Noshū (modern-day Gifu prefecture), and at the age of twenty went to study under the revivalist sword smith Suishinshi Masahide (1750-1825). He soon became one of Masahide's two main pupils along with Taikei Naotane (1778-1857). After four years, he was granted the right to use the character 'Hide' from his teacher's name and adopted the name Morihide. However, in 1820 he finally changed his name to Masayoshi. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing