Japanese Wakizashi short sword, the blade shinogi zukuri chu kissaki with ihori (iori) mune, the hamon probably midare and with probably gin patterned habaki, the tang futsu kurijiri with attributed signature Tenryushi Masataka (Kyoto), in a shira saya (with green paper No. 5701034) blade length 48.5 cm valuation by Tom Kiernan dating blade to before 1863.