A presentation tachi Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1915 The slender blade of honzukuri configuration with an iorimune back, a ko-gissaki point and a koshizori curvature forged in tight ko-itame hada of jinie and a tempered edge of gunome midare mixed with ko-choji midare, the tip hakikake, both sides carved with bohi, the ubu tang with kesho file marks, one hole and signed Sesshu Osaka no junin Teishitsu Gigeiin Gassan Sadakazu toki hachijusai (Gassan Sadakazu, Artist-Craftsman to the Imperial Household and resident of Settsu Province, Osaka at age 80), and with the artist's kao, and inscribed on the reverse Go sokui taiten hoshuku ji kore o kinzo (Respectfully made in celebration of the accession ceremony [for the Taisho Emperor]), 27 1/2in (69.8cm) long, with a one-piece silver habaki pierced with inome; in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard