HIZEN MASAHIRO II (1626-1700) A Long Hizen Katana Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Of honzukuri, iorimune, ō-gissaki, and shallow toriizori configuration forged in ko-itamehada with ko-nie with a suguha tempered edge based in ko-nie, the machiokuri tang with two holes kesho file marks, and signed Hizen kuni Kawachi no kami Fujiwara Masahiro, 30 1/8in (76.5cm) long, with a one-piece, silver-foil habaki, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard (2). Footnotes: Accompanied by Tokubetsu Kichō Tōken(Especially Precious Sword) certificate no. 61677 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated January 21, 1961. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing