Long Sword (Tachi) Inscribed “Made by Yoshikazu of Ritsumeikan / A day in February, 1945”

Long Sword (Tachi), Inscribed “Made by Yoshiie”

Long Sword (Tachi), Inscribed “Norikuni”

Long Sword (Tachi), Inscribed By Sahyōe no Jō Naotsugu, Living in Bitchū Province / 11th Month of 1335

Blade for a Long Sword (Tachi)

Long Sword (Tachi), Signed Unji of Bizen

Long Sword (Tachi), Kiku Gosaku with Hairline Chrysanthemum Engraving

Blade for a Long Sword (Tachi), Named “Crescent-Moon Munechika”

Dagger (Tantō) Inscribed “Made by Takahashi Seiunshi Nobuhide of Osaka, 75 years of age / Made at Kyoto Imperial University on an auspicious day in February, 1917”

Tachi Sword, Inscribed Iemori of Osafune, Bishū /A Day in the 10th Month of 1394; Tachi Mounting with Peony-Patterned Gold Brocade Wrapped Scabbard, Floral Arabesque-Patterned Fittings, and Tweezer (Kenukigata) Hilt

Tachi ken mei seishuukuwanafujiwaranoasonmuramasasaku tenbunnijuuninenkugatsu

Blade for a Long Sword (Katana)

Tachi mei seishuukuwanagunmasudanoshoufujiwaranoasonmuramasasaku tenbunjuuninengogatsu

Tachi〈meibizennokuniosafunenojuusahyouenojoukagemitsu、sakushashinshisaburoukagemasa、karyakuyonentsuchinotomishichigatsuhi〉

薙刀 銘 於松代高田住正義作之 嘉永二年己酉二月日

刀 銘 逸見義胤七十五歳謹鐫 大正四乙卯年二月吉日 備前岡山住逸見義隆七十歳謹作（花押）

JOURNEY TO CHINA 17: THE PENAL CODE. The Chinese legislators have decreed that all the accused will answer a summons freely in front of their judges, and so they are brought before the examining magistrate between two policemen and bound with handcuffs, which in fact leaves them no more liberty than to sneeze. Moreover justice is delivered with such promptness in the Celestial Empire that it is very rare for he who has been cautioned to remain more than eight months before attending his trial, finally the solemn day arrives when he sees himself sentenced to a fortnight in prison, and the capped mandarin has the goodness to explain to him that this fortnight is not to be confused with the eight months he has already spent behind bolted doors