A Yamashiro wakizashi Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki configuration, with a slight toriizori curvature, forged in ko-itame hada and with a suguha tempered edge based in nie with inazuma and sunagashi, the boshi ko-maru, both sides carved with bo-hi ni tsure-hi lacquered red, the ubu tang with katte sagari file marks, one hole and signed Heianjo Fujiwara Morikuni, with a one-piece gilt-copper habaki, 21 1/2in (54.6cm) long, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard