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AN AIKUCHI TANTO (DAGGER) IN LACQUER SCABBARD
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The tanto mounted in a fine lacquer scabbard decorated in gold and silver lacquer with roundels in various sizes, applied with silver fittings, the dagger with a shin-no-kurikara of Mikkyo Buddhism (carving of a dragon entwining a vajra-hilted double-edged sword) and with signature Naonobu
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) long (the mounting)
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