A DAISHO WITH MATCHING BLADES, honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and torii-zori with itame hada, on the sho slightly larger and mixed with a little masame, notare midare hamon of ko-nie, the dai also with clusters of ara-nie, each with yakidashi, komaru boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, each signed Shimizu Jin no Shin Nobutaka (of Owari, 10th generation) and dated Ansei shichinen (1860), hachigatsu kichijitsu, 67.6 and 53.3cm. long; in banded koshi-kizami kuroronuri saya decorated with gold hiramakie rain-dragon roundels, the sho with a gilt dragon shakudo-nanakoji kozuka, each with dragon menuki and dragon and waves gilt-rimmed fuchi-