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A TANTO In aikuchi mounts, the blade hira-zukuri, fine masame-hada with ji-nie, hoso-suguha hamon of nie with some sunagashi and nijuba, a cherry branch horimono on the omote and gomabashi on the ura, ubu nakago signed Gassan Sadakazu tsukuru and stamped "Sada" seal, late 19th century, 21.3cm., in a nashiji saya with Tokugawa mon and lacquered horn kurikata and kaeritsuno, shakudo fuchi-kashira with gilt dragons and waves, gilt copper nanako tsuba with shakudo kirimon, shakudo and gilt menuki of Tokugawa mon, similar kozuka (worn), late 19th century