Attributed to Kagemitsu Kamakura period (1185-1333), 14th century Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): tightly packed ko-itame with jinie Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare on the omote side and ko-chojimidare on the ura side, both with nie and copious ashi, yo and utsuri Boshi (tip): midare komi Horimono (carving): bohi ni tsurehi on both sides Nakago (tang): o-suriage with kiri file marks, two holes (one plugged) and red-lacquer attribution Kagemitsu and signed Tadataka (Hon'ami Tadataka, died 1897), with his kao Habaki (collar): one-piece, gold-foil Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 3/16in (69cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/8in (2.9cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) The handachi goshirae comprising a 19th-century saya decorated in red and green mottled lacquer and mounted with shakudo fittings decorated with variations of the character kotobuki (longevity) in gold hirazogan, the kurikata decorated with paulownia leaves in gold takazogan against a shakudo nanako gound, the tsuka wrapped in light brown silk and fitted with a shakudo fuchi carved with crashing waves with highlights of gold, inscribed Omori Teruhide and with a kao, the kashira decorated to match the saya hardware, and gold, silver, and shakudo menuki formed as herons in a stream, the ko-kinko tsuba pierced with large apertures and decorated with octopuses in waves in gold and copper takazogan and shishiaibori