£4,000 - £6,000
Japanese Edo period Katana, partially signed Hoki No Kami Hirotaka (Meireki 1655-1658), with cutting test signed by Inagaki Shigetira, unsigned bronze tsuba, white metal and copper habaki, the end of the grip covered in shagreen and fitted with engraved metal top, mounted with a gilt metal tortoise and crane menuki to tsuka, with NBTHK certificate, with later lacquered saya (later adaptions, blade shortened), the blade 68 and 89.5cm blade and nakago
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