A shinto katana Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, shallow toriizori, a thick kasane and high shinogi ridge, the wide mihaba narrowing at the tip, the forging pattern itame hada with chikei, the suguha tempered edge based in nie with uchinoke, ashi, inazuma, sunagashi, the ko-maru boshi with a long return, the 
ubu tang with one hole, o-sujikai and signed Hoki no kami Fujiwara Nobutaka, with a two-piece silver habaki, 27 11/16in (70.3cm) long, in a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard)