JAPANESE SWORD BIZEN KATANA AND KOSHIRAE,Signed. 17th century. Mei: (signature): bi-zen (no) kuni osa-fune jyu shichibei jo suke-sada saku; ura-mei: (side of nakago, (tang), opposite the signature side): run byo to ja kai jin retsu zai zgn, (when the soldier faces to fight in order to provide by his praying to buddhist god); sugata: shinogi zukuri, iori-mune nagasa: 65.2 cm. Motohaba 3.3 cm. ; sakihaba 2.2 cm. nakago: ubu kurijiri, jihada: tight itami with mixed morume, hamon of typical crab claw shape with nioi deki, boshi: midare komi slight togari, 62.2 cm.: koshirae: encased in mottled red lacquer saya (scabbard) with horm kurikata, the kozuka slot fitted with shibuichi plate with kanji: ata goyama dai gon gen, the hilt later bound with shakndo menuke of a pair of kirin, shibuich, fucki-kashira carved with leves, an iron kyo-sukashi tsuba.
- 25 7/16 in. Estimate $6,000-8,000
