A Shinto tanto blade with koshira-e bearing gold fittings
The blade by Soshu Hiromasa, 19th century
The blade of hira-zukuri form, narrow suguba of nioi, itame-hada, with suken-hi on one side and koshi-hi no soe-hi with bonji on the other, the ubu nakago with three mekugi-ana, signed Soshu no ju Hiromasa, in shirazaya; koshira-e: the saya of roiro-nuri, lacquered with paulownia in gold hiramaki-e and with scattered inlaid gold kirimon (paulownia crests); the tsuba of gold nanako with kirimon in relief; the kozuka and kogai of shakudo nanako and gold, with a ho-o bird and paulownia in gold takazogan, the kozuka signed Mitsuyoshi with kao, the kogai signed Kawamura Hiroshige sen; the fuchi-gashira of gold nanako, with informal paulownias in relief, signed Kawamura Hiroshige; the gold kurikata carved with a ho-o bird and paulownia; the kojiri of plain gold nanako; with two fabric bags. The blade 26.3cm (10 3/8in) long. (5).
FOOTNOTES
短刀　銘「相州住廣正」　19世紀
附　蝋色塗桐図蒔絵鞘短刀拵

Accompanied by a NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate for the koshira-e.