Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Shikomizue Sword Cane Mountings NATION The front features the different

The front features the different months in the surrounding borders and in the middle is 5th Division’s “Red Diamond” poem

This region had a land border with the German states

giving it a 50 caliber length

This example is cast metal

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Shikomizue Sword Cane Mountings NATION The front features the differentOriginal 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 great example dates from the Edo