A Kyoto tanto in mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in itame hada and with a gunome midare tempered edge, the ubu tang with one hole and kiri file marks, the blade carved with a 31-syllable poem, signed Shosanmi Arikoto narabini tsukuru, with a one-piece gilt-copper habaki, 11in (28cm) long In a 19th-century koshirae comprising a saya lacquered nashiji and aogai with matching silver fittings carved with butterflies in clouds, the kozuka with crashing waves in relief, the dots of foam gold takazogan, the tsuka wrapped in leather and applied with a silver band with butterflies in sunken and low relief, and matching silver fuchi-gashira, the tanto tsuba finished in an ishime pattern and fitted with a lobed rim