YASUTSUGU LINEAGE A Musashi Katana in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame hada with a chōji gunome midare tempered edge with nie, saka-ashi, sunagashi, and tobiyaki ending in a midare komi bōshi, the ō-suriage tang with one hole and katte sagari file marks, signed Nanban tetsu oite Bushū Edo Echizen Yasutsugu, with a one-piece gilt habaki; the koshira-e comprising an ishimeji black-lacquer saya decorated with family crests in black lacquer and with a shakudō kojiri, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and mounted with shakudō chirimen ishimeji fuchi-gashira decorated with dragonflies in gold takazōgan, inscribed Masanori with a kaō, and gilt menuki formed as dragons, the circular shakudō tsuba decorated with dragonflies in the same style Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 68cm (26 3/4in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing