A stag-antler aikuchi, the steel blade incised with a dragon and foliage, the hilt and scabbard carved with figures holding scrolls and fans below a band of birds among flowers -- 10½in.long overall.

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A stag-antler aikuchi, the steel blade incised with a dragon and foliage, the hilt and scabbard carved with figures holding scrolls and fans below a band of birds among flowers -- 10½in.long overall.

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