Description: dating: 19th Century provenance: Japan, Curved blade with invisible hamon and hada, slight pitting. Nakago with one mekugi-ana. Copper habaki. Wooden, antique shaft with mounts in shakudo, upper band with remains of mother-of-pearl scales, metallic foot. Complete with wooden case for the blade. From the collection of Alessandro Zileri from Verme, explorer, traveler and Italian diplomat. height total 213 cm.