A Japanese sword (wakizashi)

A Japanese sword (wakizashi), blade 17 in., shinogi-zukuri, midare hamon, mumei, gilt copper habaki with slanting file marks and raised grains, iron tsuba with applied foliate and pierced with a trellis design, fuchi and kashira relief decorated with bark effect, gold and shakudo menuki representing sprays of foliage, saya lacquered with swirling abstract effect, kogatana with characters engraved to the blade - the kozuka decorated with an applied ear of sorgum.