Daish? design handachi sword mounting. sixteenth–seventeenth century, Azuchi–Momoyama or Edo interval. From the late Muromachi period (Sengoku period of time) on the early Edo period, samurai were being often Outfitted using a katana blade pointing downwards similar to a tachi. from the Muromachi period of time (which spaned 1337 to 1573) the