Original Edo Period Japanese Ko-Wakizashi Short Sword by KANESADA with Lacquered Scabbard & Sageo Cord colts The Right Barrel is marked

The Right Barrel is marked with the following:

and retailed by J

but is definitely powder fouled and oxidized in many areas

it was a tricolor pattern with large brown and russet amoebic blotches on a khaki background

Original Edo Period Japanese Ko-Wakizashi Short Sword by KANESADA with Lacquered Scabbard & Sageo Cord colts The Right Barrel is markedOriginal 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. This well used example dates from the