TADATSUNA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1661) A Settsu Katana with Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Sugata (configuration): hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chū-gissaki, with a slight koshi-zori curvature Kitae (forging pattern): ko-itame with fine ji-nie Hamon (tempering pattern): broad suguha with nie forming a moist nioiguchi Bōshi (tip): ko-maru Nakago (tang): ubu, ha-agari-kurijiri with two holes, keshō file marks, and signed Awataguchi Ōmi no kami Tadatsuna Habaki (collar): one-piece, silver-foil chrysanthemum-form Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 3/8in (69.5cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/8in (2.9cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) The 19th-century uchigatana-style koshira-e comprising a saya decorated with crushed iridescent shell, mounted with matching shakudō hardware and fitted with a shakudō kozuka decorated with flowering autumn grasses in gold and silver takazōgan, the tsuka wrapped in black leather and fitted with silver and shakudō menuki formed as camelia flowers and peaches, the iron mokkō tsuba chiseled in low relief with confronted dragons in rain 40 1/2in (102.8cm) long overall (3). Footnotes: Accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon (Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 1011451, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated May 23, 2019. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing