IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163255
accession number:	HEL/ARM.274-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A katana in tachi mounting. Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, narrowing, shallow curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]:  o-itame with ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome choji midare with large ashi, sunagashi,and some nijuba
Boshi [tip]:  ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, slender and narowing,
Habaki [collar]: katte-sagari file marks, three holes, ha-agari kurijiri tip
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 69.5cm, tang 21.4cm, curve 1.9cm
Koshirae [mounting]: tachi mounting, the scabbard black with orange/red scattered irregularities design, with four Tokugawa family triple-hollyhock mon either side in gold makie, the metal pieces matching and of mostly worn gilt copper engraved with scrolling, menuki of gilt groups of blossoms, the gilt tachi mokko tsuba engraved with leaves and chrysanthemeums, height 7.8cm, width 7.2cm. Overall length 99.7cm.
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/163255





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1625 - 1645
creation date earliest:	1625
creation date latest:	1645
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: BUNGO JU YAMATO (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA TADAYUKI