Scabbard and sword, Steel, cord, iron, silver, gold, shibuichi, Long steel blade with hilt wrapped spirally with black cord. Beneath cord, pebble-like texture. Pine-tree menuki. Oval tsuba of iron, silver, gold, and shibuichi. Design is a man and frog. Haliki silver plate. Fuchi-Kashira-bird of shibuichi and gold. Mark of tempering: HAMON, Gume Midare. The nakago is tong and has two holes., Yamato, Japan, 1596–1615, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Scabbard and sword

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