HIZEN TADAYOSHI LINEAGE A Hizen Katana in Mounts Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1875 Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in ko-itame hada with a notare tempered edge and a ko-maru bōshi, the ubu tang with one hole, kiri file marks and signed Hizen no kuni Tadayoshi, with a one-piece silver-foil habaki; the koshira-e comprising a black ishime-lacquer saya applied with a gold and shakudō tsuno kaeshi formed as a riverboat and fitted with a shakudō nanako kozuka with a riverboat in gol