IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163221
accession number:	TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS27

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, low curve
Kitae: [forging pattern]: not visible due to rubbing and pitting
Hamon [tempering pattern]: not distinct but appears to be gunome
Boshi [tip]: not visible
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, osujigai file marks, one hole, iriyamagata tip.
Habaki [collar]: single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 33.0cm, tang 10.2cm, curve 0.8cm
Koshirae [mounting]: mounting in the form of a shachi or similar sea creature with large shell eyes, a suspension ring of iron hangs loosely from the waist of a cloud travellor, an inset shibuich rat with a gold inlaid eye. Overall length 49.0cm
title:	A MINIATURE KATANA

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163221





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons