HOSOKAWA MASAYOSHI (1786-1858) A Bushū Wakizashi in Attractive Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1822 Of honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori configuration forged in itame hada and a ko-chōji midare and gunome midare tempered edge ending in a midare komi bōshi, both sides chiseled with a full bōhi-ni-tsurehi horimono, the ubu tang with one hole, sujikai file marks, signed Sakuyō Bakkashi Hosokawa Masayoshi tsukuru, with the artist's idiosyncratic seal, and dated Bunsei gonen mizunoe-um