Aikuchi tanto dagger, Japan, Edo period, 19th century Shinto blade, hira zukuri form, uchi zori. Iori Takai Mune, ko-itame-hada jihada, hamon suguha. Nakago 10.8 cm long, pierced by a mekugi-ana. The blade is mumei (unsigned). Slight traces of oxidation. Wooden saya covered with ringed black leather. An openwork kanamono decorated with shakudo, gold and silver flowers adorns the saya. Tsuka laced with black leather. Buffalo horn mounts. Gold Shishi menuki. Mekugi in shakudo nanakoji and gold decorated with a mon belonging respectively to the Ashikaga shoguns, the Hosokawa of Kumamoto, the Matsuura of Hirato, and the Nitta, Shiba and Yamana clans. Kozuka and kogai en suite, decorated with dragons in shakudo and gold. The kogatana blade is engraved with a Buddhist ken and the tama (legendary Buddhist jewel of Chinese and Japanese culture). Nagasa : 29 cm Provenance : Former collection of the mime Marceau.