A tanto with hirazukuri blade, gilt-bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with Fukurokuju and minogame, karashishi menuki mounted on a silk-bound shagreen scabbard, black lacquer saya fitted with gilt-bronze kozuka decorated with a coiled dragon (damages) -- the blade 10¾.in.long, signed Minamoto Kagamitsu Kaga province, probably 16th century.

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A tanto with hirazukuri blade, gilt-bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with Fukurokuju and minogame, karashishi menuki mounted on a silk-bound shagreen scabbard, black lacquer saya fitted with gilt-bronze kozuka decorated with a coiled dragon (damages) -- the blade 10¾.in.long, signed Minamoto Kagamitsu Kaga province, probably 16th century.
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