YOSHIHIRO LINEAGE A Later Soshū Katana in Fine Mounts Edo period (1615-1869), dated 1859 Of honzukuri, iorimune configuration with slight koshizori curvature and an extended kissaki, forged in running itame hada with prominent jinie and chikei and with a wide notare tempered edge in nioi with nie and sunagashi, ending in a ko-maru bōshi with hakikake, the omote side finely chiseled with Bishamonten on rocks by crashing waves and the ura side with a tasseled trident spear, the ubu tang with two holes, indistinct file marks, signed Yoshihiro tsukuru, and dated Bunsei rokunen jūnigatsu (12th month of 1859), with a one-piece gilt habaki; the fine 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with sparrows in gold, silver, and black togidashi maki-e, the lacquer on the tip of the saya gradually changing to gold nashiji with hirame flakes and mounted with an elaborate silver kojiri formed as a large coiled snake with gold eyes and tongue, the kurikata formed as clams in shakudō, silver, and copper, and the silver koiguchi chiseled with a centipede, the tsuka tightly wrapped in baleen and mounted with a silver and shakudō fuchi with a bold design of a stag beetle, inscribed Hagiya Katsuhira and with a kaō, and a large silver kashira formed as a coiled snake with copper highlights, the oval shinchu tsuba worked on the surface to resemble wood grain and applied with shakudō ants, the rim bound with a silver snake Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 61.5cm (24 1/4in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing