IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163246
accession number:	HEL/ARM.284-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 14 January 2014

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: broad hirazukuri, shallow curve, high shinogi, extended point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: tight ko-itame with fine ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunomeba with choji, yo, and tobiyaki, with deep nioiguchi of nie
Boshi [tip]: notare-komi ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu tanago-bara form, kiri/slight katte-sagari file marks, two holes, ha-agari kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 37.5cm, tang 15.4cm, curvature 0.8cm
Koshirae [mounting]: wakizashi mounting, the scabbard deeply moulded black and reddish tinged lacquer, a long iron kojiri with plants in light gold inlay, the fuchi-kashira black lacquered copper nanako with dragons in high relief gilt copper, the kozuka of plain polished shibuichi with maple leaves in copper and gold high relief inlay, the tsuba of shakudo carved overall with a dragon weaving through waves, and the ‘jewel of the waves’ on the reverse. Overall length 60.3cm
title:	sword

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/163246


SUBJECTS
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'jewel of the waves'
dragon
'jewel of the waves'
dragon



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1689 - 1689
creation date earliest:	1689
creation date latest:	1689
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: SATSUMA NO KINTAKA

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 60.3