IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163222
accession number:	TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS26

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: hirazukuri, slight curve
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with masame and shirake
Hamon [tempering pattern]: midareba with kinsuji, gunome
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: suriage, katte-sagari file marks, two holes, kiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 29.3cm, tang 9.5cm, curve 3mm
Koshirae [mounting]:aikuchi mounting, the scabbard lacquered red striated horizontally with irregular thin black lines, the metal fittings of gilt copper with floral designs, the kaerizuno in the form of a boar of shibuichi with details in gold and silver, menuki of fans in shibuichi with gold details, kozuka with a tasselled ‘ken’, the fuchi with a thick gold rim. Overall length 42.8cm
title:	Masamune

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/163222





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Masamune