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Description: | Production Place: Japan; Classification(s): weapons, sword [HEL/ARM.286-1946]
Description: Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, even curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie and chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: midareba with large nie, sunagashi, and nijuba
Boshi [tip]: indistinct
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, osujigai file marks, iriyamagata tip
Habaki [collar]: double gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 49.7cm, tang 14.7cm, curvature 1.1cm
Koshirae [mounting]: wakizashi mounting, the scabbard lacquered black with shell or other speckled inlay, the rounded kojiri of shibuichi with insects and chrysanthemum blossoms in silver, shakudo, and a little gold inlay, the fuchi-kashira carved with sea waves, inscribed ‘FUKUJU’ (good fortune and longevity), the menuki of bows and arrows in shakudo with silver and gold details, the kozuka of shakudo nanako with a book and plum blossom (signifying the deified Fujiwara Michizane , Tenjin Sama – the God of Learning ) hammered in high relief, the round iron tsuba with flying geese and grasses in copper and gold inlay, height 7.0cm, width 6.8cm | 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: | weapons sword | 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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