A DAISHO, the blades wide honzukuri, iorimune, extended chugissaki and toriizori, with itame hada and gonome-midare hamon, ubu nakago, unsigned, Seki school of Mino, 19th century, daito 71.5 cm., shoto 41.4 cm. long; with black lacquer scabbards, iron tsuba and shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with tiger and bamboo, the shoto fitted with an uchidashi kozuka (2)