KANESADA LINEAGE An Iwashiro Wakizashi in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1866 Of modified hirazukuri configuration with the middle section cut on a sharp bevel to the mune, similar to an u-no-kubi-zukuri configuration, forged in itame hada with a gunome tempered edge ending in a ko-maru bōshi with hakikake, both sides chiseled with gomabashi, the ubu tang with one hole, sujikai file marks, signed Izumi no kami Kanesada, and dated Keiō ninen hachigatsu no hi (A day in the eighth month of 1866), with a one-piece copper habaki; the koshira-e mounted with matching shakudō nanako fittings decorated with the Hirate family crest in gold overlays, the brown-lacquer saya highlighted with a ribbed band in black lacquer and fitted with kozuka and kōgai, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and fitted with fuchi-gashira and bar-type menki with the Hirate family crest, the oval shakudō migakiji tsuba decorated with the family crest of the Kikkawa clan Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 36.5cm (14 3/8in) long.29cm (11 3/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing