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A wakizashi
with silk bound shagreen hilt, bronze menuki modelled as galloping horses and buffalo, iron fuchi-kashira similarly decorated in gilt and shakudo, shakudo nanako oval tsuba decorated in gilt with scrolling waves, birds and sea shells, stippled black lacquer scabbard, the blade with gunome hamon -- 21in. (55.9cm) long, circa 1660, signed Masatoshi.
with silk bound shagreen hilt, bronze menuki modelled as galloping horses and buffalo, iron fuchi-kashira similarly decorated in gilt and shakudo, shakudo nanako oval tsuba decorated in gilt with scrolling waves, birds and sea shells, stippled black lacquer scabbard, the blade with gunome hamon -- 21in. (55.9cm) long, circa 1660, signed Masatoshi.