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33. WAKIZASHI. Bizen blade. _1 shaku, 6 sun, 5 bu._ 637, 495, 10.
Grooved on both sides, midare yakiba, Kaku muné, tanzaku,
signature, Bizen Osafuné Norimitsu, dated Kiotoku, fifth year,
second month (1456), interesting blade.
34. WAKIZASHI. _1 shaku, 6 sun, 8 bu._ 645, 510, 17. With midare
yakiba, signed Kuninaga, attributed to Senjiuin in Shoō period,
1288-1292.
35. WAKIZASHI. 580, 435, 12. With remarkable kiku-sui yakiba, signed
Setsuyo Okamoto Yasutomo, dated Bunkwa third year, eighth month.
Shakudo fittings, nanako, red sparrows, and man walking on a path.
[_Plate._
36. WAKIZASHI. 590, 460, 15. Brass tsuba with stags, the fuchi and
Kashira cranes in low relief. _Mensoku sosei Niudo Taro Sadataka._
Kozuka Jurojin, signed Joi.
37. WAKIZASHI. Bizen blade. 550, 435, 17. With plain polished shakudo
tsuba, all other mounts shibuichi inlaid with cranes, and water
plants minute iroyé in relief, unsigned.
38. WAKIZASHI. 650, 465, 10. Hitatsura blade, signed Fujiwara no
Kanemichi (Kindo) Iga no Kami, Nihon Kaji Sasho; on the other side,
sixteen-petal chrysanthemum and the characters, Jorai (Kaminari
yoké, protection against thunder). [_Plate._
39. WAKIZASHI. 510, 395, 10. Shobu, kammuri otoshi, signed Kanemoto.
Shakudo tsuba nanako with animals of the zodiac, dragon,
menuki-fuchi and kashira, tiger and waves, shibuichi, signed
Toshikagé.
40. WAKIZASHI. Heavy blade. 510, 370. Signed Kanefusa. Mounted in
shakudo nanako with Hotta mokko crests in relief.
41. TANTO. 360, 260 mm. Straight hiratsukuri with horimono of Dragon
and Ken, _Amakurikara Rio_, sugu-ha, signed Kagehira.
42. TANTO. 375, 275. Unsigned, with silver mounts engraved with a
creeper, signed Riushosai Takahisa. Black scabbard with Karakusa in
gold togidashi.
43. TANTO. 250, 190. Signed Mitsuhiro. Mounted entirely in metal,
embossed with dragons and tigers, partly gilt.
44. TANTO. Kammuri otoshi. Suguha 350, 255. Signed Fujiwara no Ason
Shizukuni (Chinkoku) Heianjo ni oite, dated Mèiji, 3. Made to the
order of Taira no Ason Takechika. Copper Kozuka with bamboo in
sumiyé, signed Dairiusai Mitsuhiro. Ribbed red scabbard.
45. TANTO. 320, 240. Suguha, signed Kanesada, shibuichi mounts with
cherry blossom on waves, signed Togintei Yoshiteru. Kozuka
shibuichi with cherry blossom and maple leaves iroyé in relief,
signed _Goto Mitsumasa_.
46. TANTO. 370, 275. Signed Kanenori. Silver fittings, tiger and waves.
Katakiri, signed Soyu, black scabbard with waves in relief.
_Ex Gilbertson, coll._
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