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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker;
Production Place: Japan; Date(s): 1652 - 1661; Classification(s): weapons, sword; Acquisition: bequeathed by Helm, J.E, 1946, Dr J.E. Helm Bequest [HELM.O.270-1946]
Description: The blade broad, slightly curved, yori mune, medium kissaki, broad undulating hamon with two shadows, swirling around dots. Signed on the tang. Plain iron mokko tsuba decorated with vertical grooves, unsigned. Grip bound with black lacing, half lost and covered with modern tape. Fuchi kashira of shakudo decorated with gold shishi in a grassy landscape. Scabbard inlaid with mother of pearl and lacquered. Part of a daisho with HELM.O.271-1946 | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown weapons sword | Temporal: | name=mid 17th century; start=1652; end=1661 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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