IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163266
accession number:	TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS20

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 16 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi zukuri, high shinogi, deep curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: itame with much shirake
Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji midare with tobiyaki, ashi, yo, sunagashi, nie kuzure and large nijuba from the monuchi upwards
Boshi [tip]:  indistinct
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: slight machi-okuri,
Habaki [collar]: copper clad with shakudo and with ‘windswept’ paulownia blossom in gold level inlay
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 71.6cm, tang 21.4cm, curvature 2.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: handachi mounting , the scabbard with longitudinal striations, metal fittings of iron with scrolling and chrysanthemums in silver, copper, and gold inlay, the menuki are each a gold cherry blossom carried on a horizontal bar, round iron tsuba with pierced comma design, inlaid brass cherry blossoms, and comma designs, most of which inlay is missing, and engraved scrolling Height 7.9, width 7.5
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/163266


SUBJECTS
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scrolls
flower
blossom
paulownia
cherry
chrysanthemum
scrolls
flower
blossom
paulownia
cherry
chrysanthemum



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1573 - 1573
creation date earliest:	1573
creation date latest:	1573
culture:	16th Century
culture:	16th Century, Mid
culture:	16th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: BIZEN KUNI JU OSAFUNE SUKESADA SAKU