BIZEN SUKESADA LINEAGE A Yokoyama Bizen Katana in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki configuration with a toriizori curvature forged in itame hada based in jinie with a flamboyant gunome midare tempered edge ending in a midare komi bōshi, both sides chiseled with bōhi, the ubu tang with one hole, katte sagari file marks, signed Bishu Osafune no jūnin Yokoyama Kozuke no Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada, with a two-piece gilt habaki; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with silver hirame and mounted with silver kojiri and koiguchi chiseled with a dragon in swirling clouds, the tsuka wrapped in baleen over same and mounted with silver fuchi-gashira chiseled and inlaid in gold and shakudō with a seated sage with a wood staff, and Fujin, the God of Wind in clouds, the fuchi inscribed Hagiya Katsuhira, the large silver menuki formed as dragons, with a shibuichi octagonal tsuba chiseled in relief and inlaid in gold, silver, and shakudō with a sage seated admiring a waterfall, signed Sekijōken Masanori Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 75.5cm (29 3/4in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing