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A WAKIZASHI
The blade hirazukuri with mitsumune, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, toran hamon with deep ashi and tobiyaki, ubu-nakago with kiku mon and signature Hatakeyama Yamato no suke Minamoto Ason Masatsugu, Bunsei 9th year (1826), shu Fujiwara Masayoshi, 35.8cm.; in an aogai saya inlaid with coral, ishime-ji brass fuchi-kashira inlaid with gilt waves, shibuichi and gilt menuki formed as cranes, iron tsuba carved with waves and louds, a dragon inlaid on the rim, with signature Shiryu and Kao, brass kozuka inlaid with a crane
The blade hirazukuri with mitsumune, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, toran hamon with deep ashi and tobiyaki, ubu-nakago with kiku mon and signature Hatakeyama Yamato no suke Minamoto Ason Masatsugu, Bunsei 9th year (1826), shu Fujiwara Masayoshi, 35.8cm.; in an aogai saya inlaid with coral, ishime-ji brass fuchi-kashira inlaid with gilt waves, shibuichi and gilt menuki formed as cranes, iron tsuba carved with waves and louds, a dragon inlaid on the rim, with signature Shiryu and Kao, brass kozuka inlaid with a crane