Wakizashi

Long companion sword (wakizashi) mounted in the Goto style with han-tachi (half-tachi) mounts of shakudo decorated with flowers in gold, kozuka similarly decorated, and sheath of lacquered wood: Japan, Edo, blade by Yasutsugu, mounts by Mitsunaka, early 17th century

Wakizashi

Wakizashi or companion sword, with a single-edged steel blade, a ray skin grip wrapped with silk cord, a red lacquer scabbard, and a kozuka ornamented with a whale in waves: Japan, signed by Yamashiro no Kami Kunishige, 1727