A wakizashi, Japan, ca. 1720. Blade shinogi tsukuri, chu kissaki in good kesho polish. Hada in chu mokume and masame. Signs of fatigue and open hada. Hamon midare notare with hakikake and inazuna, slightly kinsuji. Jizo boshi, short kaeri. Nakago with one mekugi ana, reading "Iga (no) Kami Rai Kinmichi", next to it Kiku mon. Plain copper habaki. Shirasaya with silk thread reinforcing. Length kissaki mune machi 55 cm, overall length 79 cm. historic, historical, 18th century, Far East, Far Eastern, weapon, arms, weapons, arms, military, militaria, clipping, cut o,

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