AN AIKUCHI TANTO, the blade takenokozori with a half-length groove on omote and futasujiti on ura, with fine komokume hada and midare hamon of ko-nie, komaru boshi and ubu-nakago with two mekugi-ana, signed Hiromitsu, mid 19th century, 26.6 cm. long, in shirasaya; the koshirae, wakasa-nuri saya (old wear), sahari kojiri, kurikata, uragawara and kuchigane, fuchi and kashira, the kogai and kozuka with gilt chrysanthemums en suite with the menuki, fitted with tsunagi