KANESUGI (DATES UNKNOWN) A Mino Katana in Fine Itomaki Tachi Mounts Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century Of honzukuri, iorimune configuration with a slight koshizori curvature and a chū-gissaki tip, forged in itame hada mixed with mokume hada with a gunome tempered edge, becoming more irregular toward the tip and ending in a midare komi bōshi, both sides chiseled with bōhi, the machiokuri tang with two holes (one plugged) and signed Kanesugi saku, with a one-piece gilt habaki; the 19th-century itomaki tachi goshira-e comprising a lacquer saya decorated in Gyōbu-nashiji and chrysanthemum crests in gold hiramaki-e, the tachi hardware including kojiri, fuchi-gashira, and semegane, all decorated en-suite with tomoe (whorls) and paulownia family crests in gold takazōgan on a shakudō nanako ground, the tsuka wrapped in dark blue silk and fitted with menuki matching the hardware, the san-mai awase mokkō tsuba decorated to match Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 68.2cm (26 7/8in) long. Footnotes: Provenance E.A. Christensen Collection, previously sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, November 28, 2012, lot 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing