A Bizen tanto in fine mounts Muromachi period (1336-1573), dated 1510 Hirazukuri, iorimune, forged in ko-itame hada and a suguha tempered edge, carved with suken on the omote side and bonji on the ura, the ubu tang with one hole katte sagari file marks and signed Bishu Osafune no ju Shigemitsu and dated Eisho shichinen nigatsu (Second month of 1510), with a one-piece gilt habaki, 7 3/8in (18.7cm) long The aikuchi goshira-e of black lacquer, decorated with cherry blossoms in gold hiramaki-e, signed on the kogai-guchi Munenaga, mounted with a silver fukurin running around the outer edge of the scabbard, decorated with cherry blossoms in silver takabori, the blossoms highlighted in gold, against an ishime ground, the stylized kurikata formed as a branch of cherry tree, the tsuka with a gold mekugi formed as butterflies, the silver tanto tsuba decorated with cherry blossoms in takabori, signed Tokyuki, the silver wari-kogai decorated with grasses and blossoming flowers in shishiaibori and inscribed with a poem, signed Tokuyoshi