An aikuchi, Japan, shinto blade, middle Edo period. Mei, one Kanji partially removed by mekugi ana "...hiro saku". Hira tsukuri, mu zori in kesho polish. O mokume/masame hada with partially slightly open structure. Hamon midare based on notare with kinsuji, inazuna and niju ba. Ko maru boshi with middle kaeri. Two mekugi ana and katte sagari yasurime. Gilt copper habaki with nekogaki. Ribbed black lacquered saya with horn fittings. Iron kashira in form of a waterkettle with traces of gilding. Menuki glued, each in the form of a samurai made of shakudo with gold,

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