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A WAKIZASHI, the blade shobuzukuri with futasujibi each side, iorimune and shallow torii-zori with o-itame
hada and suguba hamon of nioi with komaru boshi, ubu
nakago with one mekugi-ana, unsigned, 16th century, 45.2 cm. long; in kororonuri saya decorated with gilt Tokugawa aoimon (several dents), fitted with a sentoku kozuka decorated with passion flower (tessen) in takazogan, the shakudo-nanakoji fuchi-kashira similarly decorated, the menuki formed as a group of shells, the iron tsuba decorated in kebori with horses in a mountain landscape, signed Kenryo (or Akiyoshi), probably 18th century
hada and suguba hamon of nioi with komaru boshi, ubu
nakago with one mekugi-ana, unsigned, 16th century, 45.2 cm. long; in kororonuri saya decorated with gilt Tokugawa aoimon (several dents), fitted with a sentoku kozuka decorated with passion flower (tessen) in takazogan, the shakudo-nanakoji fuchi-kashira similarly decorated, the menuki formed as a group of shells, the iron tsuba decorated in kebori with horses in a mountain landscape, signed Kenryo (or Akiyoshi), probably 18th century