A tanto by Minamoto Hideaki in shirasaya presented to Admiral Sir William Pakenham, Senior Naval Attache to Admiral Togo at The Battle of Tsushima,
with sayagaki stating:'Zotei Pakenham Taisho kaka/Matsuzaki kaigun taisa'; the blade hirazukuri/fukura-tsuku/suguha hamon with single mekugi-ana and evident 'kesho yasuri' yasurime; the blade inscribed 'Ko koku koro zai Kono Issen'; nagasa 9 inches [23cm.]; inscribed on ura 'Showa Yonen Rokugatsu' [1929], and on omote 'kore Mikasa hodo shumei saku'; in fitted hinoki-wood box with type-written label stating: 'Inscription on the blade: Presented to His Excellency, Admiral Pakenham, by Captain Matsuzaki, I.J.N./The story of this sword forged from the Mikasa's Gun Steel./In order that it may serve as a memorial, this sword has been forged for the use of Naval Officers by the sword maker HIDEAKI MINAMOTO, from a part of the barrel of the right 12" gun of the turret of the MIKASA, which was damaged by an enemy shell, at the battle of the Yellow Sea, on 10th August, 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War.'
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