AN HANDACHI MOUNTED SHINTO WAKIZASHI, 41.9cm o-suriage blade with one mekugi-ana and midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with iron Higo fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated in gold with scrolls, shakudo and gilt Tomoe mon, iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with gilded and silvered dragons, contained in its textured red lacquer saya with iron mounts ensuite with the tsuka.