HIZEN TADAYOSHI VI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1780-1791) A Hizen Katana Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, deep toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): tightly packed ko-itame with some hints of ko-mokume Hamon (tempering pattern): gentle notatre with nie Bōshi (tip): chū-maru Horimono (carving): bohi on both sides Nakago (tang): ubu with one hole with kiri file marks, signed Hizen no kuni Tadayoshi Habaki (collar): one-piece, gilt Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 29 1/2in (75cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/8in (2.8cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) with sayagaki by Tanobe Michihiro (2). Footnotes: Accompanied by Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 153501 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated August 22, 2008. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing