ISHIDŌ UNJŪSAI KOREKAZU (1820-1891) A Fine Musashi Katana with Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1854 Sugata (configuration): hon-zukuri, iori-mune, ko-gissaki, torii-zori Kitae (forging pattern): finely grained ko-itame Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare in nie with ashi, sunagashi and kinsuji Bōshi (tip): ko-maru Horimono (carving): bōhi on both sides Nakago (tang): ō-suriage with two holes, kesshō file marks, signed Fujiwara Korekazu kore o zeitan saku (Fujiwara Korekazu made this with the greatest effort), and dated Ansei gannen nigatsu no hi (A day in the second month of 1854) Habaki (collar): two-piece, gold-foil Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 26 1/2in (67.3cm) 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) with sayagaki (inscription) written by Tanobe Michihiro (Tanzan) The 19th-century Satsuma-style koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya, the tip embellished with a band of polished rayskin, and decorated with Tokugawa-family crests in gold takamaki-e, the tsuka narrowing slightly toward the pommel, wrapped in rayskin lacquered black and wrapped in pale brown doeskin, the iron fuchi-gashira decorated with vines in flush-inlaid gold, the gilt menuki formed as paulownia blossoms, the mokkō iron tsuba decorated with paulownia vines and flowers in flush-inlaid silver 38 1/2in (97.8cm) long overall Footnotes: Accompanied by Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken (Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 1021650 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated December 15, 2023, and Tokubetsu Kichō (Especially Precious Sword) certificate no. 364 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated November 16, 1974 (for the koshira-e). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing