A tanto with yakiba steel blade, gilt-bronze habaki decorated with driving rain, gilt-bronze tsuba and shagreen hilt with foliate metal mounts and gilt-bronze menuki of Hotei seated in his sack, lacquered scabbard with inlaid scattered hirame and aogai on a green nashiji ground fitted with polished bronze kozuka decorated with an insect and calligraphy, seal mark to kozuka and signed blade (slight wear) -- the blade 11½in.long.