A Katana and a matching Wakizashi, 16th and 18th century

The Katana of shallow torii-zori, shinogi-zukuri with chu-kissaki, kiri-jiri nakago with three mekugi-ana, mumei, 71.5cm., 28 1/8 in., leather saya with shibuichi kojiri, shibuichi tsuba with Taikobo fishing, signed Seiryoken Katsutoshi, shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira with a gold shishi, signed Kikuoka Mitsushige, Goto school menuki of dragon; the wakizashi of shobu-zukuri, Iri-yamagata nakago with kiri-yasuri and one mekugi-ana, mei Omi Daijo Fujiwara Kanehiro, 33.4cm., 13 1/8 in.; silver tsuba with shakudo Daruma, signed Yukitsugu, fuchi-kashira with Shoki and oni, shakudo nanako Goto school Kozuka with a dragon, signed Mitsuyoshi (Goto Shinjo)   

Robert E.Haynes Index H08644. Goto Shinjo (1780-1843) is considered the fifteenth master of the mainline Goto family school.