A Kashu wakizashi Muromachi period (1333-1573), mid-15th century Honzukuri, iorimune, ko-gissaki, toriizori, forged in ko-itame hada and with a flamboyant gunome midare mixed with ko-choji midare with ashi, yo and sunagashi ending in a midarekomi boshi, the omote side carved with futatsubi and the ura side with bohi, the o-suriage nakago with kiri file marks, two holes, and signed Fujishima Tomoshige in an inset signature, with a one-piece silvered habaki, 21 1/2in (54.6cm), in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard