IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163247
accession number:	HEL/ARM.286-1946

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, even curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie and chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: midareba with large nie, sunagashi, and nijuba
Boshi [tip]: indistinct
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, osujigai file marks, iriyamagata tip
Habaki [collar]: double gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 49.7cm, tang 14.7cm, curvature 1.1cm
Koshirae [mounting]: wakizashi mounting, the scabbard lacquered black with shell or other speckled inlay, the rounded kojiri of shibuichi with insects and chrysanthemum blossoms in silver, shakudo, and a little gold inlay, the fuchi-kashira carved with sea waves, inscribed ‘FUKUJU’ (good fortune and longevity), the menuki of bows and arrows in shakudo with silver and gold details, the kozuka of shakudo nanako with a book and plum blossom (signifying the deified Fujiwara Michizane , Tenjin Sama – the God of Learning ) hammered in high relief, the round iron tsuba with flying geese and grasses in copper and gold inlay, height 7.0cm, width 6.8cm
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/163247


SUBJECTS
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book
waves
bows
arrows
geese
insects
grasses
plum
blossom
chrysanthemum
sea
book
waves
bows
arrows
geese
insects
grasses
plum
blossom
chrysanthemum
sea



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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culture:	unknown