AN AIKUCHI WAKIZASHI, the blade unokubizukuri with kakinagashi bohi on omote and futasujibi on ura, forging details obscured by shallow scratches, hako hamon of ko-nie just visible, ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, unsigned, 19th century, 32.8cm. long; in brown shuronoki-togidashi scabbard with gilt-rimmed shakudo fittings decorated with horses in katakiribori and Kaga style inlay, and a shibuichi kozuka with two butterflies in takazogan, signed Masakatsu saku, with a menuki formed as two horses (one menuki missing)