MANNER OF KURIHARA NOBUHIDE A Musashi Shin-shintō Chisa-Katana in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1854 Of shobuzukuri configuration forged in itame hada with a gunome midare tempered edge, chiseled on the omote side with a dragon chasing a sacred jewel, and on the ura side with a Buddhist ken and bonji, the ubu tang with katte sagari file marks, one hole, inscribed Kurihara kenji Nobuhide, Hori dōsaku (Forged and engraved by the same hand), and dated Ka'ei nana toridoshi rokugatsu (Sixth month of 1854), with a one-piece gilt habaki; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer ishimeji saya, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and mounted with iron tsuchimeji fuchi-gashira chiseled and inlaid in gold with bamboo and blossoming camellias, the gold and shakudō menuki formed as the attributes of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, the trapezoidal shakudō ishimeji tsuba chiseled in high and sunken relief, and inlaid in gold with an ox beneath an oak tree by a stream, applied with a gold rim, signed Mori Mineshige and with a kaō Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 58cm (22 7/8in) long. Footnotes: Kurihara Nobuhide was a pupil of Kiyomaro (1813-1854). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing