A WAKIZASHI
A WAKIZASHI
Hamon (tempering pattern): details obscured by corrosion
Nakago (tang): mumei (unsigned) with sujikai yasuri (sloping file marks)
Koshirae: with unwrapped samé tsuka (ray-skin handle), copper fuchi and horn kashira (hilt ornaments), mumei (unsigned) mokko-gata (lobed) iron tsuba (hand guard), with a brass kodzuka (small knife) with an intricate Buddhist design
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A WAKIZASHI
Hamon (tempering pattern): details obscured by corrosion
Nakago (tang): mumei (unsigned) with sujikai yasuri (sloping file marks)
Koshirae: with unwrapped samé tsuka (ray-skin handle), copper fuchi and horn kashira (hilt ornaments), mumei (unsigned) mokko-gata (lobed) iron tsuba (hand guard), with a brass kodzuka (small knife) with an intricate Buddhist design