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Japanese weapons: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS3

Object information

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Maker(s)

Maker: O-Tenta Masakuni Saku O
Maker: Masakuni Old

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Description

A katana in Shirasaya. Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, broad, slight koshizori curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: o-itame with much ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome-choji of nioi with ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: kaen style
Horimono [carving]: kakinagasu bohi with soehi stopping 31.4cm above the mune machi
Nakago [tang]: suriage, katte-sagari file marks, two holes
Habaki [collar]: wood integral with shirasaya
Nagasa [length of blade]: length of blade 71.7cm , length of tang 24.1cm, curve 1.7cm
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya

Although giving an initial appearance of age,and has an inscription suggesting it to be the work of a great 12th-13th century smith, the blade is a 19th century shinshinto and probably shortened around the time of it’s export from Japan at the end of the 19th century.

Dating

19th Century
Edo Period (Japanese period, 1615-1868), Late
1800 CE - 1899 CE

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: O-TENTA MASAKUNI SAKU
  • Location: Shirasaya
  • Text: Masakuni Old
  • Location: Shirasaya

Identification numbers

Accession number: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS3
Primary reference Number: 163215
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 January 2014 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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