HIZEN MASAHIRO LINEAGE A Shintō Katana with Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1637 Of honzukuri, iorimune, ō-gissaki configuration with shallow toriizori curvature, forged in itame hada with a chōji midare tempered edge and midare komi bōshi, the machiokuri tang with two holes, sujikai file marks, signed Hizen kuni Saga no jū Masahiro, and dated Kan'ei jūyonen hachigatsu kichijitsu (An auspicious day in the eighth month of 1637), with a one-piece shakudō habaki; in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya finished in sectional nodes, the tsuka wrapped in brown silk and mounted with a shakudō fuchi chiseled and inlaid in copper and gold with theater masks and a plain horn kashira, the gold and shakudō menuki formed as an Okina mask and a fan and rattle, props used in the Noh drama, the circular iron sukashi tsuba pierced with swirling clouds and highlighted with gold overlays Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 70.2cm (27 5/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing