IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163253
accession number:	HEL/ARM.277-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
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/163253





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	18th Century
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: OYA KATSU TSUKURU
maker: SHONAN TACHIBANA KATSUKUNI
maker: JINAN NO ICHIKO KATSUIE