A KATANA, 68.7cm Shin-shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Heki Fujiwara Kanetsugu saku and dated 1866, midare hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with shakudo and gold foliage, shakudo and gold menuki in the form of arrows and flowers, circular iron tsuba chiselled with leaves, gold details, in its black ishime lacquered saya with shakudo kojiri.