A KOTŌ KATANA IN UNUSUAL MOUNTS WITH GOTŌ-SCHOOL FITTINGS Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame hada with gunome tempered edge, both sides chiseled with bōhi, the ō-suriage tang with two holes (one cut) and later file marks, with a one-piece gilt-copper habaki; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a faceted saya, each facet decorated in different lacquer techniques including gold nashiji embellished with pine needles in silver hiramaki-e, aogai, mokume, hirame, and black-lacquered same polished so the nodes are visible, mounted with shakudō kojiri and koiguchi chiseled and inlaid in gold with plants and grasses punctuated with a diagonal stripe of gold, a shakudō nanako kurikata with cherry trees inlaid in silver, and a shakudō nanako uragawara inlaid in gold, copper, and shakudō with pine trees, the shakudō nanako kozuka and kōgai chiseled in high relief and inlaid in gold with gamboling kirin by rushing streams, the frames in shakudō and gold katamawari design, signed Gotō Mitsuyuki and with a kaō, the tsuka mounted with shakudō migakiji fuchi-gashira chiseled in high relief with a rocky shoreline and fisherman plying the waters in boats, the sides of the kashira applied with gold foil, signed Mitsunaga, and shakudō and gold menuki formed as chrysanthemums, the shakudō nanako tsuba chiseled in relief and inlaid in silver and gold with a scholar and attendant holding a peach by a waterfall, a scroll on the reverse Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 67cm (26 3/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing