A FINE ITOMAKI-NO-TACHI, the blade honzukuri and torii-zori, ihorimune and chugissaki with full length wide grooves on each side, ko-itame hada, mimigata-midare hamon with many ko-nie, komaru boshi and suriage nakago, signed Chikugo Kurume ju Fujiwara Takekuni and dated Teikyo ninen (1685) ni-gatsu no hi, and a tameshigiri inscription 'jidoko', cutting the side of a body, 25¾in.; with a nashiji saya, gilt-rimmed shakudo tachi fittings engraved with a triple bar mon, gilt dragon menuki, brown itomaki, buckskin obitori and brocade and lilac silk sageo