A KO-WAKIZASHI BLADE, hirazukuri, marumune and torii-zori with Fudo Myo-o horimono on omote and gomabashi and bonji on ura, with itame-mokume hada becoming tsukare and large midare hamon of ko-nie and nioi, pointed boshi and ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, inscribed Soshu ju Masamune, probably Soshu school, perhaps by Hiromasa, 15th/16th century, 36.3cm. long, in shirasaya with sayagaki giving a value of five hundred kan