A wakizashi

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A wakizashi
with silk bound shagreen hilt, gilt iron fuchi-kashira with maple leaf decoration, menuki modelled as rats with fruit, oval iron tsuba pierced with ho-o, rockwork and prunus, black lacquer scabbard with ribbed section, the blade with choji hamon -- 20.3/8in. (51.8cm) long, signed, 18th Century.