An o wakizashi, Japan, Koto Period Shinogi tsukuri blade, chu kissaki, mune hikushi. Gunome hamon, boshi ko maru with very short kaeri. Masame hada. Nakago o suriage with three mekugi ana and kiri yasuri me, mumei. Well preserved kesho polish. Gilded niju habaki. Patterned black lacquer saya. Kojiri and okane mono are missing. Copper shirimono kotsuka displaying a stag. Iron mokko tsuba with a running brook and leafy vines in copper and gold. Fuchi/kashira of shakudo. Roe deer and doe on a fine tushime background. The shaduko menuki are shaped like scarabs. Blu,

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