Lot 160
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A wakizashi with silk bound shagreen hilt, lobed quatrefoil iron tsuba, kozuka with copper handle relief decorated with figures and stippled black lacquer scabbard -- the blade 17½in. (44.4cm) long, circa 1800; and another wakizashi with silk bound shagreen hilt, lobed trefoil iron tsuba, plain Satsuma rebellion mounts and smooth black lacquer scabbard -- the blade 17½in. (44.4cm) long, signed Hiro Mitsu. (2)

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A wakizashi with silk bound shagreen hilt, lobed quatrefoil iron tsuba, kozuka with copper handle relief decorated with figures and stippled black lacquer scabbard -- the blade 17½in. (44.4cm) long, circa 1800; and another wakizashi with silk bound shagreen hilt, lobed trefoil iron tsuba, plain Satsuma rebellion mounts and smooth black lacquer scabbard -- the blade 17½in. (44.4cm) long, signed Hiro Mitsu. (2)