Original Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard in Bring Home Box Price_$-050 - $200 The history of costume jewelry

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Original Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard in Bring Home Box Price_$-050 - $200 The history of costume jewelryOriginal 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 example dates from the Edo period