A wakizashi, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and shallow toriizori, suriage nakago, signed Kanehisa, 16th century; in banded black lacquer scabbard with iron handachi fittings decorated with gilt nunomezogan rain dragon roundels, the iron tsuba signed Joshu ju Shigetomo saku.

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A wakizashi, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki and shallow toriizori, suriage nakago, signed Kanehisa, 16th century; in banded black lacquer scabbard with iron handachi fittings decorated with gilt nunomezogan rain dragon roundels, the iron tsuba signed Joshu ju Shigetomo saku.

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