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Oval-shaped metal sword guard with a triangular hole at the centre and a semi-circular hole to the side. One face has a low relief design of two swallows, a tree and two rice bales, and the reverse depicts a tree trunk and roots. Engraved with Japanese characters. Oval; sentoku, evenly hammered background; nakago ana adjusted with chiselling; open kodzuka adjusted with shakudo insert, no kogai. Signed to left of nakago ana. Front: on right, two slightly raised rice bales with a copper swallow superimposed, a bare branch curving above; another swallow descends from upper left. Back: on lower left a tree root with scattered blossoms at base.