MINAMOTO MASAO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1844-1864) A Musashi Shin-shintō Katana in Handachi Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1864 Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki configuration with a shallow toriizori curvature forged in itame hada mixed with mokume hada and a chōji, gunome midare tempered edge with tobiyaki and a midare komi bōshi, the ubu tang with katte sagari file marks, one hole, signed Minamoto Masaō, and dated Ganji gannen sangatsu no hi (A day in the third month of 1864), with a one-piece s