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Title: Sword, Wakizashi, Daisho, Weapon/Arms Equipment [Go to resource]
Description: A sword known as a wakizashi, part of a daisho (a pair of matched swords, one long and one short). The scabbard is plain black. The hilt mountings (fuchi and kashira) are made of shakudo and are decorated with deeply undercut waves and dragons highlighted in gilt. The sword guard (tsuba) is of chiselled iron fitted with gilt copper rims. Prior to cleaning Source: Manchester Museum Identifier: mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.112501 Go to resource More Like this...
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