SOSHŪ HIROMITSU LINEAGE A Soshū Tantō in Superb Mounts Muromachi period (1333-1537), 16th century Of hirazukuri, mitsumune configuration forged in ko-itame hada in tightly packed jinie and a gunome tempered edge based in nioi with nie and sunagashi ending in a ko-maru bōshi, chiseled with bōhi on both sides, the slightly machiokuri tang with three holes (two overlapping), signed Hiromitsu, with a one-piece gold-foil habaki, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard with an attribution to Hiromitsu and a circa date of 1555; the fine 19th-century aikuchi goshira-e fitted with gold fittings finished on the surface with cloud patterns on a 'cat-scratch' ground, the ribbed lacquer saya decorated in sparse gold nashiji on a black ground, and with family crests in black hiramaki-e, fitted with kozuka and warikōgai, the tsuka wrapped in same and mounted with gold, copper, and shakudō menuki of pine needles and cones Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 29.5cm (11 5/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing