123. A SHINTŌ KATANA WITH MOUNTS Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chūgissaki configuration with shallow toriizori curvature, forged in itamehada of tightly packed jinie, with a suguha temper line gradually turning to notare mixed with chōji midare with nie and sunagashi, ending in a komaru bōshi, chiseled on both sides with bōhi ni tsurebi and mitsubi punctuated with bonji (Sanskrit characters); with a one piece gilt-copper habaki; in a wood shirasaya; the handachi koshira-e comprising a brown-lacquer ishimeji saya with shakudō and gilt kojiri, the tsuka wrapped in blue silk and mounted with shakudō and gilt fuchigashira and menuki formed as tigers, the iron Tenbo mokkōgata tsuba decorated with hot-stamped characters (2).