A Katana in Shirasaya SIGNED BICHU (NO) KAMI TACHIBANA YASUHIRO with a blade of shinogi-zukuri shape having a hamon of midare fashion and mounted with a copper habaki; the mune of ihori form and the boshi of yakizume shape; the handle of the shirasaya inscribed in pencil with an identifying label XDOBKO and a mekugi placed in the mekugi-ana; the nakago bearing two mekugi-ana and inscribed with a six-character makers mark on one side with a chrysanthemum stamp on the other. Length 33 1/2 inches