A WAKIZASHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, nagagissaki, and very shallow torii-zori, with itame hada, choji-midare hamon with yakidashi and another straight section halfway, komaru boshi and ubu nakago, signed Heianjo Ishido Masatoshi, togitetsu-o motte kore-o zukuru, mid 17th Century, 39.7 cm. long; in shuronoke-togidashi saya, with iron kozuka with a gilt nunome-zogan butterfly, iron tsuba with a Chinese ship flying a banner in nunome-zogan and shibuichi menuki depicting Sika stags, the soft metal fuchi-kashira in Nara style

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A WAKIZASHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, nagagissaki, and very shallow torii-zori, with itame hada, choji-midare hamon with yakidashi and another straight section halfway, komaru boshi and ubu nakago, signed Heianjo Ishido Masatoshi, togitetsu-o motte kore-o zukuru, mid 17th Century, 39.7 cm. long; in shuronoke-togidashi saya, with iron kozuka with a gilt nunome-zogan butterfly, iron tsuba with a Chinese ship flying a banner in nunome-zogan and shibuichi menuki depicting Sika stags, the soft metal fuchi-kashira in Nara style

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