BIZEN NAGAHIRO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1865-1868) A Long Bizen Katana with Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1865 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, extended kissaki, shallow toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): ko-itamehada Hamon (tempering pattern): chōji midare with nie, nioi, ashi, yo, and sunagashi Boshi (tip): midare komi Horimono (carving): bohi ni tsurehi on both sides Nakago (tang): ubu with two holes, signed Bizen Osafune shi Yokoyama Kaganosuke Fujiwara Ason Sukenaga monjin Nagahiro, and dated Genji ninen nigatsu no hi (A day in the second month of 1865) Habaki (collar): one-piece, copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 30in (76.2cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 7/16in (3.6cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 15/16in (2.4cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) The koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya, the tsuka wrapped in black-silk over same mounted with brass fuchi-gashira, and large bar-form menuki each decorated with futatsu domoe family crests, the yamagane mokkō tsuba worked on the surface with punch marks 46 1/2in (118.1cm) long overall (3). Footnotes: Accompanied by Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken (Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 1012418 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated December 2, 2019. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing