A Yoshindo wakizashi in rare blue-lacquer mounts
Blade by Yoshihara Yoshindo (b. 1943), kojiri by the studio of Kano Natsuo(1828-1898)
Sugata (configuration): hira-zukuri, iorimune
Kitae (forging pattern): tightly pack ko-itame in ji-nie
Hamon (tempering pattern): notare mixed with gunome with ko-nie, ara-nie, sunagashi, yo, kinsuji and yaki-dashi
Boshi (tip): tsuki-age and notare-komi
Horimono (carving): bo-hi on both sides
Nakago (tang): ubu with one hole and sujikai file marks, katana-mei: []tsutomeru tsuyu shi motomeru Musashi kuni junin Yoshindo tsukuru kore (Made by Yoshindo on a day in rainy season) and dated Showa goju ninen hinotomi hachi gatsu kichijitsu (An auspicious day in the 8th month of 1977)
Habaki (collar): one-piece, gold
Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 13 1/8in (33.5cm)
In shirasaya (wood storage scabbard)