A BIRD HEADED TACHI, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki, torii-zori, itame hada, ko-midare hamon of nie with ji-nie, midare-komi boshi with hakikake, ubu nakago with one mekugi-ana signed Suifu ni oite Yokoyama Sukemitsu kore o tsukuru, and dated Kaei shichinen (1854) nigatsu no hi, 75.9cm., in a nashiji saya (damaged) decorated with ho-obirds and kiri, the brass mounts similarly chiselled in katakiribori