A koto tachi, Japan, 14th/15th century Sinogi Tsukuri blade with chu kissaki, iori mune, and tori sori. Sugu ha hamon with small kaeri. Clear itame-masame hada with light traces of fatigue. Nakago with one mekugi ana, taka no ha yasurime. Signed "Hisa Katsu". Well preserved old Kesho polish. The mountings are from the end of the Edo Period. Furniture of shakudo with fine nanako background, set off with a gold edge. Black lacquered saya with clematis decoration in hiramakie gold lacquer. Kushi kana butsu (locket) replaced. Tsuka with black silk winding over same,
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