Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword by KANEYOSHI with Lacquered Wood Scabbard and Kogatana Knife Military Flare Guns with the string in the

with the string in the front holding the two side pieces together

over the name WALTER S

The brown leather tab at the opposite end is maker-marked along with 115-130 indicating the size range of the belt

Some of the accompanying hardware and buckles are also reproductions or postwar replacements

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword by KANEYOSHI with Lacquered Wood Scabbard and Kogatana Knife Military Flare Guns with the string in theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. Here we have a lovely example, which