Blade length: 66.8 cm, shinogi zukuri, iori mune, itame hada, futa-bi, suguha hamon, further details unrecognisable. Nakago: ubu with one mekugi-ana ending in ha agari kurijiri, inscribed: Bi…(no) Kuni ju Sanjo Masahiro saku and dated (exact date illegible). Koshirae: 19th century. Handachi-koshirae, brown lacquered saya with a touch of nashiji and five mitsuba aoi (triple hollyhock) kamon of the Tokugawa family in gold lacquer. Mokkogata tsuba and black binding over same. Medium Button2 Provenance Private property, North Rhine-Westphalia Notes VAT: Margin scheme