A wakizashi

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A wakizashi
the shagreen hilt with lacquered bindings, gilt shakudo menuki modelled as tigers, pierced oval iron tsuba inset in copper with a centipede, a kozuka in the lacquered wood scabbard, the blade --15.3/8in. (39.1cm) long, 18th/19th Century, signed Mihara Masa Sane.