A Japanese sword (o-wakizashi), blade 22.25 in., hon-zukuri, suriage, nakago with two ana and signed

A Japanese sword (o-wakizashi), blade 22.25 in., hon-zukuri, suriage, nakago with two ana and signed (Hishu Kawachi No Kami Fujiwara Masahiro), silver covered habaki with neko-gaki; mounted as a shingunto with regulation army tsuka distinguished by a tiger menuki and with a mon to the kashira, wooden saya with leather field cover.

Received by the vendor's father, a British Army Major, from a surrendering Japanese officer in Burma, 1945.