HISAMICHI LINEAGE A Yamashiro Katana in Handachi Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in ko-itame hada with a suguha tempered edge, chiseled with a serpentine dragon on the ura side, the ubu tang with sujikai file marks, one hole, and signed Ōmi no kami Minamoto Hisamichi beneath a chrysanthemum crest, with a one-piece gilt habaki; the handachi goshira-e mounted with brass fittings chiseled with leaves and coiling vines, the saya lacquere