IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163251
accession number:	H.12-1946

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]: hirazukuri, no curve,
Kitae: [forging pattern]: flowing itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with variations of ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: pointed on the ura, and with kusure and ko-maru on the omote
Horimono [carving]: bohi from the bottom of the blade up to just before the monouchi
Nakago [tang]: ubu, funagata shape, file marks indistinct, one hole, deep ha-agari kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: double copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 21.8cm, tang 7.6cm
Koshirae [mounting]:  aikuchi type mounting with black lacquered scabbard with peonies and a butterly in gold makie, the matching fuchi and koiguchi silver with chrysanthemums in sunken relief, signed IKKEI, menuki of long-tailed birds in gilt copper , kaeri-tsuno and kojiri of silver engraved with with peonies and scrolling, two silver kashira with peafowl on rocks set into the scabbard just above the kojiri.
Overall length of mounting 34.8cm
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/163251





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: Ikkei