AN AIKUCHI TANTO, the blade hirazukuri, iorimune and musori with itame hada and komidare hamon of ko-nie, hakkakeru boshi and ubu nakago, unsigned, late 19th century, 21.3cm. long; the scabbard with a mottled black and mijingainuri pattern decorated in red and gold hiramakie with crayfish and seaweed, with silver fittings engraved in kebori with seaweed, including an umabari and kozuka, the last signed Yoshikazu saku, the hilt bound with baleen (part of gilt rivet missing)