A WAKIZASHI, the blade shobu-zukuri, iorimune with little sori, suguha-hamon, machi-okuri nakago with three mekugi-ana, signed (Bun) go Takada ju Nobuyuki saku and illegible date, Momoyama period, 45,7cm.; shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with takaramono and Hotei inlaid in takazogan, the fuchi signed Bunka jusan nen shogatsu shonen kore o horu, gyonen rokuju san Naonobu and kao and dated 1816, the kurikata decorated with gilt flowers, mokkogata shakudo nanako tsuba pierced and inlaid with peonies, gilt menuki of pheasants with shakudo hirazogan, in a natural wood scabbard inlaid in various materials with mon and patterns (some pieces missing), signed on a tablet Fujii Shosuke zo (for the decoration), (kojiri and kurikata missing)