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A tanto
with silk bound shagreen hilt, shakudo menuki modelled as foliage sprays, gilt bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with pine and huts, lobed oval iron tsuba inset in gilt with leaves, copper kozuka, the handle applied with a rat, stippled brown lacquer scabbard, the blade with a groove cut to one side -- 8.7/8in. (22.6cm) long, circa 1700, signed Tomo Tsugu.
with silk bound shagreen hilt, shakudo menuki modelled as foliage sprays, gilt bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with pine and huts, lobed oval iron tsuba inset in gilt with leaves, copper kozuka, the handle applied with a rat, stippled brown lacquer scabbard, the blade with a groove cut to one side -- 8.7/8in. (22.6cm) long, circa 1700, signed Tomo Tsugu.