Morimichi Katana With Tachi Koshirae

Consigned from an old collection

Katana signed Musashi no kami Fujiwara Morimichi. Mounted in a late very ornate Tachi Koshirae with dragon motif.  Blade is  Possibly  2nd generation. Suriage and machi-okuri. Very nice active hamon. well carved Horimono. The sword was originally bought by an Adelaide antique dealer in Gooniwindi, Queensland while on his way to a Northern Queensland holiday. It had been a family heirloom which had been brought from England 60 years earlier .