52.2cm koto blade with two mekugi-ana, signed Bishu Osafune Sukesada and dated 1505, midare hamon with yo, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka, shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with foliage and deer in soft metals, shakudo and gilt horse menuki, iron tsuba chiselled and pierced with oak leaves, acorns and fir cones, gold details, signed Choshu Hagi ju Sakunoshin Tomohisa, in its fine saya partly covered in polished same and partly decorated in gold lacquer with various leaves against a black ground, complete with shakudo-nanako kodzuka decorated with a tiger and a leopard with gold details, with sword bag.