A Bizen wakizashi in mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1669 Of honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori configuration forged in flowing itame hada mixed with mokume hada in jinie, the tempered edge of large regular choji based in nie with ashi and some sunagashi ending in a midarekomi boshi, the ubu tang with indistinct file marks, one hole, signed Bishu Osafune no junin Yokoyama Kozuke no Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada and dated Kanbun kyunen kinoto tori nigatsu kichijitsu (An auspicious day in the second month of 1669), with a two-piece silver and gilt-foil habaki, 16in (51.2cm) long The koshira-e comprising a saya decorated in aogai decorated with a net pattern in black-lacquer and fitted with a silver kojiri formed as a stack of rice straw, the kurikata with a hare in waves in takabori, the tsuka wrapped in yellow silk over same fitted with shakudo nanako fuchigashira decorated with horses in gold takazogan and gold and shakudo menuki formed as three roundels containing flowers, the iron sukashi tsuba pierced with chrsanthemums