Arisada (active circa 1865) A Higo katana in mounts Edo period (1625-1868), circa 1865 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-kissaki, toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada mixed with mokume hada Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome midare Boshi (tip): midarekomi Nakago (tang): ubu with indistinct file marks, one hole, signed Higo no kuni Arisada Habaki (collar): one-piece gold-foil Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 24 3/4in (62cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/4in (3.2cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) The Higo koshira-e comprising a red speckled saya and a tsuka wrapped in leather over same lacquered black and fitted with a shakudo fuchi finished with a snake-skin pattern in kebori, and a shakudo kashira decorated with crossed feathers in takabori and highlighted with gilt, the menuki formed as Hotei leaning on his treasure sack, the Umetada-school iron tsuba pierced with wisteria