AN AIKUCHI The blade hira-zukuri, mitsumune, itame hada with ji-nie, o-midare hamon, later carvings of bamboo grass and a cherry branch in katakiribori, suriage nakago, Soshu style, 16/17th century, 31.4cm., iron tsuba and saya chiselled in katakiribori with bamboo grass, signed Masayoshi and inlaid seal Masayoshi, silver fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kojiri, kurikata and kozuka similarly carved and inlaid with chidori in shakudo and copper, the kozuka signed Masayoshi