FUJIWARA NAGASADA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1847-1868) An Ise Katana with Mounts Edo period (1616-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1868 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori with a wide mihaba and thick kasane Kitae (forging pattern): ko-itamehada with jinie Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare based in ko-nie with ashi, chikei, inazuma and utsuri Boshi (tip): midare komi Nakago (tang): ubu with kesho file marks, one hole, signed Noshū Okachi Sanroku Fujiwara Nagasada kore o tskuru and dated Keio yonen tsuchinoe tatsu nigatsu kisshin (An auspicious day in the second month of 1869) Habaki (collar): two-piece, silver Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 29 3/8in (74.8cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 3/8in (3.5cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 1in (2.5cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) The later koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya fitted with an iron kojiri decorated with scattered cherry blossoms in gold nunomezōgan, th tsuka wrapped in black silk over same and mounted with shakudo fuchi-gashira chiseled and inlaid of gold with centipedes and clounds, the gilt and shakudō menuki of Chinese lion sand peonies, the rounded square Bushu iron tsuba chiseled and inlaid with gold and shakudō with insects alighting on blossoming flowers 44 3/4in (113.6cm) long overall (2). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing