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Title: Sword, Ken, Weapon/Arms Equipment [Go to resource]
Description: A sword known as a 'ken'. The hilt/handle is made out of shakudo, and the horiji/scabbard is lacquered brown, around which is coiled a dragon with it's mouth over the tip as if trying to eat it. The blade is signed Hisakuni, 19th Century, and is engraved with another dragon. On the reverse of the dragon is the horimono of Fudo with gold inlay. Prior to cleaning Source: Manchester Museum Identifier: mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.112528 Go to resource More Like this...
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