A LARGE WAKIZASHI, the blade of wide nagamaki form with wide grooves each side, with large itame hada and numerous chikei, gonome-midare hamon, ihorimune with five kirikomi, suriage nakago, unsigned, circa 1400, 21in.; with leather-covered saya, with embossed archaic characters (damaged), iron Namban tsuba and iron fuchi-kashira with stylised characters in gilt nunomezogan