FUJIWARA HIROSHIGE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1688) A Shimohara Katana with Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori configuration with a broad mihaba forged in itamehada with jinie and with a chōji mindare tempered edge based in nie, with ashi, yo, chikei, and sunagashi, ending in a ko-maru bōshi with some hakikake, the slightly machiokuri tang with one hole, kiri file marks, and signed Sagami no kami Fujiwara Hiroshige, 27 1/4in (69.2cm) long, 5/16in (8mm) thick at the machi, with a two-piece gold-foil habaki, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black and brown saya lacquered to resemble cherry bark, the sides with two longitudinal stripes of undecorated lacquer, the tsuka wrapped in black silk over same fitted with a gold and shakudō nanako fuchi with a boar running by rocks, and a gold and shakudō kashira with rocks and bamboo, the gold and shakudō menuki formed as a traveler resting by a wrapped parcel, with an iron Kyō-sukashi tsuba chiseled as a chrysanthemum flower (3). Footnotes: Accompanied by Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 347786 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated July 31, 2007. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing