A Mino katana Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki with a toriizori curvature forged in o-itame hada and with a gunome midare tempered edge with nie and a narrow nioiguchi and a midare komi boshi, both sides carved with bohi, the tang ubu with one hole and takanoha file marks, signed Kanetsune, with a one-piece gilt-copper habaki, 27 1/4in (69.2cm) long, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard