HIZEN TADAYOSHI LINEAGE A Hizen Katana in Mounts Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1875 Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in ko-itame hada with a notare tempered edge and a ko-maru bōshi, the ubu tang with one hole, kiri file marks and signed Hizen no kuni Tadayoshi, with a one-piece silver-foil habaki; the koshira-e comprising a black ishime-lacquer saya applied with a gold and shakudō tsuno kaeshi formed as a riverboat and fitted with a shakudō nanako kozuka with a riverboat in gold and shakudō takazōgan, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and mounted with shakudō ishimeji fuchi-gashira and gold and shakudō menuki of fishermen in boats, the circular iron tsuchimeji tsuba decorated with grasses in gold nunomezōgan and fireflies and an abandoned stirrup in itōbori and shakudō takazōgan, fitted with a shakudō rim Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 43.5cm (17 1/8in) long. Footnotes: This example appears to be the work of the 9th generation Tadayoshi. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing