ATTRIBUTED TO NORISHIGE An Etchu katana with mounts Nanbokucho period (1336-1392), 14th century Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, slightly elongated kissaki, koshizori Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada mixed with matsukawa hada, with jinie Hamon (tempering pattern): suguha mixed with notare with nie, kinsuji, and shunagashi Boshi (tip): ko-maru Nakago (tang): o-suriage with indistinct file marks and three holes Habaki (collar): one-piece, silver-foil, worked on the surface Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 3/8in (69.5cm) 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 19th-century koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer ribbed saya, the tsuka wrapped in brown silk and fitted with shakudo nanako-ji fuchi-gashira decorated with flowering vines in iro-e takazogan, the copper menuki formed as flower carts, the Kyo-sukashi tsuba pierced with chrysanthemums