IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 163245 accession number: HEL/ARM.278-1947 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 16 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sugata: [configuration]: straight shinogi-zukuri distorted from original shape Kitae: [forging pattern]: not visible Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji-ba Boshi [tip]: not visible Horimono [carving]: none Nakago [tang]: ubu, indistinct file marks, one hole, a truncated kengata shape tip Habaki [collar]: Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 64.7cm, tang 19.5cm, impossible to consider the curvature due to the distortion. Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting, the scabbard missing, fuchi/kashira with gold-inlaid dragons appearing through windows in waves, menuki of dragons in shakudo and gold, the kawarigata iron tsuba with two hitsuana, Mount Fuji and a boatman on the face and a bridge over a river, huts, and a distant two-storied pagoda on the the reverse, height 8.0cm, width 7.8 cm. Overall length of blade with hilt 91.8cm title: sword LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163245 PEOPLE ------------------- boatman SUBJECTS ------------------- bridge pagoda huts windows dragons Mount Fuji river bridge pagoda huts windows dragons Mount Fuji river CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ culture: unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 91.8