A FINE TACHI BLADE, narrow honzukuri with a shishiaibori horimono of Fudo Myo-o in a rectangular sunk pointed panel on omote, a bonji and gomabashi on ura, each side with wide grooves, iorimune, chugissaki and torii-zori, with itame-masame hada incorporating chikei, suguba-komidare hamon with many nie and kinsuji, komaru boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, unsigned, late 19th century, 69.3 cm. long, in shirasaya