A LARGE HO-O-NO-DACHI, the blade honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and nagagissaki, with dragon and tama horimono on omote and rendai and bonji on ura, with itame hada and gonome-midare hamon (point chipped), ubu nakago, unsigned, probably 18th Century, 28in.; with nashiji saya and brass fittings originally silvered, engraved with aoimon and karakusa, the hilt with tawara-byo and ho-o bird's head