A TACHI, the blade honzukuri and shallow torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki, with fine mokume hada, midare hamon with many sunagashi and nie clusters, komaru boshi and ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed Shinano no Kami Minamoto Nobuyoshi, of Yamashiro, and inscribed namban-tetsu o motte, late 17th Century, 29in.; with red lacquered saya and shinchu tachi fittings including aoigata tsuba, the o-seppa decorated with kirimon (hilt and saya damaged)