IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163248
accession number:	HEL/ARM.287-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 16 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, medium curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: details not visible
Hamon [tempering pattern]: details not visible
Boshi [tip]: details not visible
Horimono [carving]: double groove, one wide and one narow, kakinagashi
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kiri file marks, one hole, ha-agari kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single, silvered copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 48.6cm, tang 14.5cm, curvature 1.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: wakizashi mounting, the black lacquered scabbard with
Chrysanthemum scrolling in gold makie, the hilt with fine ray skin, kashira of horn, fuchi of shakudo nanako, menuki of a gilt dragon in clouds and a cavorting shishi, mokko shape iron tsuba with pine, emblems, stream-side plants, and flying birds in copper, silver, and gold high releif inlay, copper kozuka with a kurikara (dragon-entwinned double-edged sword emblem) in uchidashi with some gilding.
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/163248


SUBJECTS
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kurikara (dragon-entwined double-edged sword emblem)
sword
birds
dragon
pine
riverside plants
kurikara (dragon-entwined double-edged sword emblem)
sword
birds
dragon
pine
riverside plants



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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culture:	unknown

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown