AN ITOMAKI-NO-TACHI, the blade honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki with ko-itame hada, choji-midare hamon with ashi and nie clusters, omaru boshi, and machi-okuri nakago with three mekugi-ana, signed Heki Dewa no Kami Minamoto Mitsuhira, mid-17th Century, 27½in.; with nashiji saya, engraved gilt-metal tachi fittings, shakudo nanakoji tsuba with karashishi, rocks and peonies (hilt and scabbard damaged)