A Soshu wakizashi Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th century Of hirazukuri, iorimune configuration with a toriizori curvature and forged in itame hada in jinie, the tempered edge a flamboyant gunome-choji midare with a wide nioiguchi based in nie with ashi, yo, chikei, sunagashi, tobiyaki and some muneyaki the ko-maru boshi resembling a Jizo boshi with a long return, the omote side carved with suken and the ura with bonji, the tang tanagobara, slightly machi-okuri with indistinct file marks, five holes, and signed Soshu no ju Akihiro, with a one-piece gold-foil habaki, 16 1/8in (40.9cm) long, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard