An aikuchi tanto, the steel blade engraved with a standard, the reverse with double grooves, the hilt mounted with a dragonfly and locust menuki, the kashira decorated with a dragonfly and trailing leaves, the ridged black lacquered scabbard with engraved white-metal kozuka decorated with a shishi and flowers, the kurikata and kojiri similarly decorated to the kashira (blade and hilt damaged, scabbard chipped) -- the blade 10in.long.