IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163260
accession number:	TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS23

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 January 2014

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: hirazukuri, no curve, swelling kissaki
Kitae: [forging pattern]: itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with variations in ko-midare, gunome,sunagashi and yubashiri
Boshi [tip]: komaru with kuzure
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: suriage, katte-sagari file marks, two holes, kiri tip
Habaki [collar]:
Nagasa [length of blade]:blade 22.9cm, tang 8.8cm
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya
The signature is probably Kiyomitsu of Osafune village in Bizen province.
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/163260





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1560 - 1560
creation date earliest:	1560
creation date latest:	1560
culture:	16th Century
culture:	16th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: BISHU OSAFUNE KIYO (?Kiyomitsu)