MORIHIDE (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY) A shinshinto tanto with mounts Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1870 Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in ko-itame hada with a suguha tempered edge with a flourish resembling Mount Fuji mirrored on both sides, with visible nie along the nioiguchi and a Jizo-style boshi, the ubu tang with one hole, sujikai file marks, signed Morihide kinzo (Respectfully made by Morihide), and dated Meiji kanoe-ushi aki (Autumn, 1870), 8 1/4in (21cm) long, with a one-piece gold-foil habaki, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard The 19th-century aikuchi goshira-e with a gray-lacquer ishime-ji saya decorated with linked floral lozenges raised in relief and mounted with shibuichi migaki-ji fittings, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and fitted with gilt and shakudo menuki of cherry blossoms With Tokubetsu Hozon Token (Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 1011797 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated August 26, 2019