A Samurai Kanata
SIGNED KISHU MONJU SHIGEKUNI SAKU
with the metal saya painted brown, a scored habaki, an obitori decorated with a chrysanthemum overlaid with a cherry blossom, a double-banded ashi, a semegane with a slightly foliate form, a cherry blossom decorated koiguchi and an ishizuke decorated with cherry blossom motifs and an hourglass shaped opening on either side, the ishizuke bearing a six-character makerÆs mark on one side, the other side a manufacturing number reading ô213917 banö, the nakago bearing a mekugi-ana and inscribed with a nine-character makerÆs mark, the mune of ihori form and the boshi of yakizume shape, the hamon forged in the suguha fashion with an exceedingly straight form to it.
Length 34 inches.

Property from a Private Canadian Collection