IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163254
accession number:	O.7-1973

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, even curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: a short yakidshi with gunome midare with ashi, yo, some small tobiyaki
Boshi [tip]: midare-komi and ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, one hole, kiri file marks, slightly curved, ha-agari kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 46.5cm, tang 12.4cm, curvature 1.3cm
Koshirae [mounting]: black lacquered scabbard with equidistant bands and a horn kojiri, the fuchi-kashira of shakudo migakiji with pines and flying cranes in high relief shakudo and gold inlay, the menuki of scrolls in shibuichi with gold inlay, the tsuba oval blue-tinged black shakudo engraved with scrolling, height 6.0cm, width 5.0cm
A kozuka of yamagane set onto copper with Hotei watching fighting cockerels in uchidashi with details in gold inlay.
Overall length 70.2cm
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
creditline: Bequeathed by S. R. Turner

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163254





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1699
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1699
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: BISHU OSAFUNE JU NIN YOKOYAMA KOZUKE DAIJO FUJIWARA SUKESADA

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Curved Edge
units: cm
value: 1.3

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 70.2