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Description: | Carved, wooden scabbard covered in black lacquer and ornamented with butterflies in gold, nashiji, grey and green lacquers similar to hilt with opening for kozuka and kurikata (knob on side of scabbard) in black lacquer with gold openings, attached to purple cord with tassels. Wood hilt with attached copper seppa, covered in gold, black lacquer ornamented with butterflies in gold, and grey lacquers similar to scabbard with two copper mekugi, screw fittings. Kozuka, steel blade with Japanese inscription attached to handle of copper covered in gold and ornamented with drum and court cap in gold relief against a ground of shakudo nanako (N1). | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.science&industry.285215 | Go to resource |
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