IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163259
accession number:	TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS25

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: hirazukuri, slight kushi-zori (inward curve)
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie, and bo-utsuri
Hamon [tempering pattern]: narrow suguha with fine ji-nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]:  nagashi bohi groove either side
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kiri file amrks, one hole, kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: imitation double copper piece with plates soldered to the sides, silvered, with a lightly inlaid blossom on each side
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 20.3cm, tang 9.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: aikuchi mounting, the scabbard lacquered black with roundels of blossoms and leaves in gold makie, all metal fittings including the small kogai of silver engraved with stylized chrysanthemums, the hilt lacquered black and ridged in simulation of rattan binding, round silver mekugi heads engraved with chrysanthemums. Overall length 34.4cm
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/163259





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons