SŌSHŪ TSUNAHIRO XIII (YAMAMURA SŌZABURŌ, DIED 1886) A Massive Hōchō-Style Wakizashi Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1855 Sugata (configuration): extremely broad, hira-zukuri, mitsu-mune Kitae (forging pattern): tightly packed ko-itame hada Hamon (tempering pattern): chōji midare based in nie Bōshi (tip): ko-maru Horimono (carving): pierced with a dragon entwined around a Buddhist ken, and chiseled on both sides with bonji Nakago (tang): ubu with one hole and kiri file marks, signed Sōshū Masamune jūkyūdai motto no jō Tsunahiro (19th generation Masamune of Sōshū, known as Tsunahiro), dated Ansei ninen hachigatsu no hi (A day in the eighth month of 1855), and inscribed Namu Hachiman Dai Bosatsu Habaki (collar): one-piece, copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 13 1/4in (33.6cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 3 7/16in (8.7cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing