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Description: | A straight sword with two cutting edges (ken) in a wooden sheath lacquered with dragons on a gold ground. It is welded to the wrought iron hilt with curved quillons, to which the sword knot of red silk cord is attached and the pommel of the sword is triangular and pierced to receive it. The blade has a signature and is of excellent workmanship and probably of great age.
Technique: welding
Material: metal
Material: wood
Material: lacquer
Material: wrought iron
Material: cord
straight sword made in Japan, Asia, (1910.15.184). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25971 | Go to resource |
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