A tanto with grooved steel blade, iron tsuba decorated in gilt with crayfish, the leather bound shagreen hilt mounted with bronze menuki modelled as shishi and copper and bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with dragons, with black lacquer scabbard decorated in coloured lacquer with heart-shaped motifs and mounted with foliate silver kojiri, fitted with iron kozuka decorated in silver, copper and brass with a bird perched on prunus branches (slight wear to scabbard) -- the blade 13.in.long.