A Sanpin wakizashi Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1773 Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in itame hada and with a suguha tempered edge with nie, ara-nie and a ko-maru boshi with hakikake and a long return, the omote side carved with bohi and the ura side with gomabashi, the ubu tang with one hole katte sagari file marks and signed Nihon kaji Sosho Iga no kami Fujiwara Kinmichi and with a chrysanthemum crest and inscribed Kaminari yoke and dated An'ei sannen hachigatsu kichijitsu (An auspicious day in the eighth month of 1773), with a one-piece silver-foil habaki, 11 1/8in (28.5cm) long, in a shirasaya wood storage scabbard