AN AIKUCHI TANTO, the blade takenokozori with tsukare itame hada and yakinaoshi hamon, ubu nakago without visible signature, probably 14th/15th Century; with kuro-kizamisaya with iron Higo fittings comprising kojiri, kurikata, kuchigane and fuchi-kashira decorated en suite with gilt paulownia, and an iron kozuka decorated in gilt and silver nunomezogan (damage to saya and tsuka-ito), early 19th Century