A KO-WAKIZASHI, the blade shobuzukuri and takashinogi, iorimune, shallow torii-zori with itame hada and midare hamonof ko-nie, komaru boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi ana, unsigned, probably 17th century, 34.2cm. long; in wakasa-nuri saya with shakudo-nanakoji fittings decorated with gilt scrolling tendrils, hanashi menuki formed as shakudo and gilt oxen, with a sentoku kozuka depicting an ox-boy leading an ox on a hill overlooking the inland sea