A Wakizashi
Signed Shimohara ju Hiroshige, Shinto
The hira-zukuri blade cut with a hi on each side, one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, the tsuka retaining a copper fuchi decorated with waves, and soft-metal sukashi tsuba in the form of a dragon, in its black and gold nashiji saya with wave decorated soft-metal kurikata
50.1 cm. blade