IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163252
accession number:	HEL/ARM.288-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 January 2014

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: slender shinogi-zukuri with fumbari, deep koshizori curve curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: not discernable
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: appears ubu, katte sagari file marks, one enlarged hole, kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 44.2cm, tang 11.0cm, curvature 1.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: wakizashi mounting with a black lacquered ribbed scabbard, a kojiri of black horn, the fuchi-kashira of shakudo nanako with shishi and peonies in gilt copper inlay, menuki of peony blossoms and leaves in shakudo and gold,menuki home-made in UK, the hilt binding also not original (possibly football boot laces), the round iron tsuba piered in positive silhouette with saddle bows and a whip with detail in gold nunome zogan, signed BUSHU JU MASAKATA, height 6.5cm, width 6.1cm, overall length 69.6cm.
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/163252





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1599
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1599
culture:	Muromachi Period (1336-1573)
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Katsumitsu
maker: Masakata