MINAMOTO SADATOSHI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1854) A Shin-shintō Katana with a Cutting Test in Itomaki-and-Fur Tachi Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori, forged in itame hada and mokume hada with a suguha tempered edge ending in a ko-maru bōshi, both sides chiseled with bōhi, the machiokuri tang with one hole, kesho file marks, signed Shiraishi Ichiryūsai Fujiwara Sadatoshi, inscribed Nushi no tame kokoro o neri kore o tozōsu (Made on order with conviction), dated Ansei [][] hachigatsu no hi (A day in the eighth month of 185? -date obliterated by the mekugi-ana), and inscribed Zankan, Hisatsugu kisu (Assassination of a criminal, recorded by Hisatsugu), with a one-piece gold-foil habaki decorated with the family crest of the Hosokawa clan; the 18th/19th-century itomaki goshira-e mounted with en suite shakudō migakiji fittings chiseled and inlaid with gold with matsukawabishi crests and coiling vines, including fuchi, kabutogane, ashigane, and koigichi, the saya wrapped in gold silk brocade and black thread under the hangers, and animal fur on the lower section, the tsuka wrapped in black silk over gold brocade, mounted with fuchi-kabutogane and gold and shakudō menuki with circular family crests, the shakudō sanmai-awase mokkō tsuba decorated with matsukawabishi crests and vines, matching the tachi mounts Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 71.3cm (28 1/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing