Maker:
OYA KATSU TSUKURU
Maker:
SHONAN TACHIBANA KATSUKUNI
Maker:
JINAN NO ICHIKO KATSUIE
Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, even curve, broad medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: sanbonsugi of nioi with scattered ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: midare-komi and ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, file marks kiri on the shinogiji and osujigai on the hira, iriyamagata tip
Habaki [collar]: single thick silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 59.61cm, tang 17.0cm, curvature 1.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting , the scabbard lacquered black, fuchi-kashira fine shakudo nanako with grasshoppers and grasses in high relief gold inlay, menuki of demon masks and crutches, the mokko iron tsuba pierced and carved deeply in Nanban style with dragons among scrolling, birds, and a central jewl of enlightenement height 7.6, width 7.0cm.
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
18th Century
19th Century
1700
CE
-
1899
CE
The smiths are of the Katsukuni family of Kaga. The inscription implies that the blade was jointly made by three generations.
Mounting
Height 7.6 cm
Width 7.0 cm
Tang
Length 17.0 cm
Blade
Length 59.61 cm
Curvature
Width 1.2 cm
Accession number: HEL/ARM.277-1946
Primary reference Number: 163253
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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