Katana signed 菊紋 (kikumon) and 近江守源久道 (Ōmi no Kami Minamoto Hisamichi), and dated 元文五年申二月吉日 (Genbun go-nen saru nigatsu kichijitsu), the 2nd month of Genbun 5 (1740). The original seller attributes it to the third generation of Hisamichi, of the Mishina school of Kyoto, whose founder is counted among the five great smiths of the capital. The blade is shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune and chū-kissaki, 62.7 cm in nagasa with 1.3 cm of sori, tapering somewhat from base to tip. According to the original seller, the jigane is a tight itame with jinie and chikei, and the hamon starts straight and continues in gunome with togariba and ko-notare, with ashi, kinsuji and sunagashi; the photographs clearly show the pointed gunome. The bōshi is straight with a ko-maru turn-back. The tang is ubu, with sujikai file marks and one mekugi-ana; the chrysanthemum is engraved beside the signature on the omote, and the date is on the ura. It comes with a one-piece gold-foiled habaki, a shirasaya and an uchigatana koshirae with a black ishime lacquered saya: an iron tsuba with a phoenix among scrolls, fuchi-kashira with bamboo in relief and dragon menuki. NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken paper.