AN AIKUCHI TANTO the blade unokubi-zukuri, mitsumune with naginata-hi, midare hamon of nie with faint mizukage, ko-itame hada with mokume, ubu nakago signed Kanenaga, circa 1500, 16.1cm.; the fuchi with bulbous kashira, kurikata and soritsuno of shakudo nanako with sea-shells in shakudo and gold and silver uttorizogan, the koiguchi and koriji of horn, the saya of stamped and gilt leather, the metal mounts 16th century, the remainder 19th century, and a decorative aikuchi, the tsuka and saya of silver formed as a dragon, the eyes gilt, the miniature blade inscribed Sadamune, late 19th/early 20th century, 12.3cm. (2)