Tanto, Japan, late Edo period Shinshinto blade, unokubi-zukuri, iori mune, mu zori, gunome midare hamon, itame hada. Koshirae in byakudan lacquered wood imitating cherry bark. Fuchi kashira, menuki and kozuka in suite and in gilded and chased copper, featuring an air dragon and water dragon motif. The iron tsuba is adorned with fuji flowers (wisteria) inlaid with nunome zogan. Blade signed Myō ichi Nyudō Kanemitsu, 妙一人道兼光. It comes in a shirasaya with a tsunagi in the koshirae. Tsunagi for the kozuka. Sageo in white silk, tsuka ito thread to thread in white silk. Brown and white striped cotton pouch. Shirasaya in purple silk pouch. Nagasa: 18.8 cm