KANEFUSA LINEAGE A Mino Shintō Wakizashi with Mounts Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo period (1615-1868), 16th/17th century Of hirazukuri configuration forged in runing itamehada in jinie with a chōji midare tempered edge with ko-nie, nioi, ashi, and tobiyaki, ending in a Jizō bōshi, the ubu tang with sujikai file marks, signed Kanefusa, 15 1/2in (39.8cm) long, with a two-piece silver habaki, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard The 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer ishimeji saya fitted with a gold and shakudō kozuka with a dragon, the tsuka wrapped in blue cotton over same fitted with Mino-school shakudo nanako fuchi-gashira decorated with flowers and grasses in gold takazōgan and takabori, and gilt menuki formed as Chinese lions, the Momoyama-period yamagane mokkō tsuba chiseled on the surface with squirrel against crashing waves, the eyes picked out in gold 23 3/4in (60.3cm) long overall (3). Footnotes: Accompanied by Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 1005033 by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated March 23, 2016. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing