AN AIKUCHI TANTO, mitsumune and musori with suguba hamon, the hada obscured by shallow scratches and slight rust, ubu nakago inscribed Sa, possibly 16th century, 21.7cm. long; with koshikizami-saya (damaged), sahari fittings decorated with insects (kuchigane missing), with kogai formed as a ken, the hilt with a hare running over Lake Biwa, signed Toshishige (menuki missing)

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AN AIKUCHI TANTO, mitsumune and musori with suguba hamon, the hada obscured by shallow scratches and slight rust, ubu nakago inscribed Sa, possibly 16th century, 21.7cm. long; with koshikizami-saya (damaged), sahari fittings decorated with insects (kuchigane missing), with kogai formed as a ken, the hilt with a hare running over Lake Biwa, signed Toshishige (menuki missing)

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