A WAKIZASHI, the blade mounted as a walking stick (shikomi zue), the blade honzukuri, iorimune, extended chugissaki, strong tiorii-zori, itame hada slightly tsukare, gonome-midare hamon of nie, ubu nakago, signed Yamashiro Daijo Minamoto Kunishige, Mizuta school, 17th century, 46.5cm. long; and an aikuchi tanto, the blade hirazukuri, mitsumune, itame hada, midare hamon of nioi, a kizu at the hamachi on the omote, ubu nakago inscribed Bizen no Suke Fujiwara Munetsugu and dated Kaei 6 (1853), 27.3cm. long; in its textured red lacquered saya with iron kojiri, iron fuchi-kashira decorated with hares, copper menuki of bonji with iron with kozuka (2)

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A WAKIZASHI, the blade mounted as a walking stick (shikomi zue), the blade honzukuri, iorimune, extended chugissaki, strong tiorii-zori, itame hada slightly tsukare, gonome-midare hamon of nie, ubu nakago, signed Yamashiro Daijo Minamoto Kunishige, Mizuta school, 17th century, 46.5cm. long; and an aikuchi tanto, the blade hirazukuri, mitsumune, itame hada, midare hamon of nioi, a kizu at the hamachi on the omote, ubu nakago inscribed Bizen no Suke Fujiwara Munetsugu and dated Kaei 6 (1853), 27.3cm. long; in its textured red lacquered saya with iron kojiri, iron fuchi-kashira decorated with hares, copper menuki of bonji with iron with kozuka (2)

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