TANTO
23.8 cm blade, suriage, 2 mekugi-ana. Soak suguha.
Signature and date: BIZEN KUNI JU OSA-FUNE KIYO-(... ?) TENSHO 5 (1577).
Frames: black lacquered saya.
Tsuba in sentoku representing an eagle above a flight of birds.
Fuchi-Kashira in sentoku with a shakudo pagoda decoration, on a landscape background.
Signed: NARA TOSHI-MITSU SAKU Menuki with silver bird motifs.
Kogai in suaka with characters and a house.
16th and 19th century
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