An Ozaki Shinshinto Katana

An Ozaki Shinshinto Katana
Signed tachi-mei Ozaki Nagato (no) kami chakushi Tenryushi Masataka and on the ura Tempo juninen nigatsu hi [a day in the second month, 1841] with an impressed seal
Sugata [configuration]: slender deeply curved shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: fine ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha of ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, single mekugi-ana, kesho and osujigai file marks, shallow kurigata-jiri
Habaki [collar]: single silver-clad
Nagasa [length of blade]: 66.2 cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: katana -koshirae, ribbed black lacquer scabbard, mokko shakudo tsuba with basket weave and gold inlaid floral vine, fuchi-kashira of shakudo carved as basket weave with gold inlaid wind-swept paulownia, menuki of peonies in shakudo and gold inlay

The blade accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preservation] no. 370530 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 8th April 2005