A Musashi tanto Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1803 Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in tight ko-itame hada with a suguha tempered edge in nie, carved on the omote side boldly carved with Fudo Myo-o seated on a rock before flames, the ura side carved with a Buddhist ken, the ubu tang with kesho file marks, two holes, signed Suishin Sadahide tsukuru and dated Kyowa sannen nigatsu no hi (A day in the second month of 1803), with a two-piece silver habaki, 9 3/4in (24.7cm) long, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard With certificate no. 1609040 issued by the Kurashiki Token Bijutsukan (Sword Museum of Kurashiki, Okayama), dated September 30, 2016