A Japanese non-military / likely 17th Century samurai katana sword, with [mismatched] vintage [scratched & dinged] blade collar & spacers, the black metal tsuba/ hand guard with sansai leaf design also contemporary issue, the menuki/ hilt ornaments of "pine branch" design, the pommel guard with a garden flower & leaves etched into the smooth surface, the ray-skin & black silk hilt wrappings 19th or 20th Century, the blade with several minor pockmarks, without scabbard L: 22 1/8" (56.1cm) [From handguard to tip] L: 28 3/4" (73cm) [Full length]