A wakizashi, Japan, late Edo period Blade hira-zukuri, slight torii-zori, weak suguha hamon, various hataraki(?), unclear due to the blade etched imitating kesho polish. Mokume hada, ca. 2 cm above the habaki, below the mune a 2 cm long kizu. Nakago with three mekugi-ana and kate-agari yasurime, heavily corroded, mumei. Copper habaki, plain hamidashi tsuba made of shibuichi. Fuchi/kashira and saya fittings of smooth niguro-me. Black lacquered tsuka ito. Black lacquered saya, European lacquering, kogai missing. Shirimono kozuka with koshirae. Length k/m cm,,

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