A TACHI, the blade honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki, with dragon, plum and bonji horimono, itame hada and midare hamon, suriage nakago with four mekugi-ana, inscribed Nagamitsu, probably 16th Century with later horimono, 26¼in.; with nashiji saya with copper gilt fittings including an aoigata tsuba, the hilt with unusual elephant's head kabuto-gane (old damage and one menuki missing)

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A TACHI, the blade honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki, with dragon, plum and bonji horimono, itame hada and midare hamon, suriage nakago with four mekugi-ana, inscribed Nagamitsu, probably 16th Century with later horimono, 26¼in.; with nashiji saya with copper gilt fittings including an aoigata tsuba, the hilt with unusual elephant's head kabuto-gane (old damage and one menuki missing)