Japanese Efu-No-Tachi, blade of shallow koshi-zori, shinogi zukuri, ko-kissaki, suguha hamon, o-suriage nakago, three mekugi-ana, 62cm, probably 16th Century. Full tachi koshirae, the silvered mounts engraved with scrolling foliage, Shitogi Tsuba, the tsuka with large Ho-Ho bird. Saya now painted black over kin-nashiji, 19th Century £600-800