Daish? type handachi sword mounting. sixteenth–seventeenth century, Azuchi–Momoyama or Edo period. from your late Muromachi period of time (Sengoku time period) on the early Edo time period, samurai were being often Geared up which has a katana blade pointing downwards just like a tachi. In 1719, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th shogun in the Tokug