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A wakizashi
with bound shagreen hilt, bronze menuki modelled as gambolling karashishi, gilt bronze fuchi-kashira decorated in relief with dragons and flowers scrolls, pierced oval iron tsuba with pine foliage and rockwork, stippled black and red lacquer scabbard, the blade -- 15½in. (39.4cm) long, 17th Century.
with bound shagreen hilt, bronze menuki modelled as gambolling karashishi, gilt bronze fuchi-kashira decorated in relief with dragons and flowers scrolls, pierced oval iron tsuba with pine foliage and rockwork, stippled black and red lacquer scabbard, the blade -- 15½in. (39.4cm) long, 17th Century.