MISHINA HIROMICHI (ACTIVE 1850-1860) A Sanpin katana with a cutting test inscription, with mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1854 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): ko-itame hada Hamon (tempering pattern): suguha Boshi (tip): ko-maru Nakago (tang): ubu with two holes, kesho file marks, signed [][] Kuwana no ju Sanpin Hiromichi kore o tsuku, dated Ka'ei ninen tori sangatsu (Third month of 1854), and inscribed Kazuno ryodan nyoi Kuwahara Gen'nosuke []hara Takayuki (Cut through two deer horns, executed by Kuwahara Gen'nosuke and []hara Takayuki) Habaki (collar): one-piece, copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 1/2in (69.8cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/4in (3.1cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) The tachi goshira-e mounted with copper migaki-ji fittings comprising an ishime-ji saya, the area around the hangers wrapped in tooled, gilded leather, the kojiri, semegane, koiguchi, and fuchi-gashira all decorated with scrolling vines and cherry blossoms, the iron mokko gata tachi tsuba carved with hollyhock designs, the tsuka wrapped in black silk over gilt-same and fitted with shakudo menuki formed as blossoms With Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 390138 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated January 27, 2012