A Japanese wakizashi, Edo period Blade Hira Tsukuri with long bohi, hada and hamon, possibly midare sugu ha, copper habaki. Iron sukashi tsuba in the style of the Ovari school. Nakago with a mekugi ana, mumei. Fuchi kashira with partially gilded flower decoration, same-covered tsuka with brown wrapping and also partially gilded flower menuki. Kozuka with depiction of a monk, blade signed. Black lacquer saya, ribbed in the upper quarter, chipped and repaired. Length K/M 48.5 cm, total length 68 cm. Condition: III

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