A Japanese kubikiri (tanto charcteristically used for beheading enemies), early Edo period Blade hira-zukuri, extreme uchi-zori. Maru-mune. Chu-mokume hada, toran hamon with sunagashi. Ko-maru boshi with deep kaeri. Sashikomi finish. Nakago with one mekugi-ana and higaki yasurime, inscribed "Kanekage". Shakudo plated copper habaki. Iron sukashi tsuba with ginkgo leaf and nuki. Shibuichi fuchi-kashira in takabori. Rice farmer gazing at the moon. Black silk binding over beautiful same. Shibuichi menuki in the form of shishi and peony. Botan shibu-nuri lacquer say,

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