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Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
The blade broad, slightly curved, yori mune, medium kissaki, broad undulating hamon with two shadows, swirling around dots. Signed on the tang. Plain iron mokko tsuba decorated with chiselled lengthwise striations and one kozuka-hitsu, unsigned. Grip bound with black lacing, half lost and covered with modern tape. Fuchi kashira of shakudo decorated with gold shishi in a grassy landscape. Scabbard inlaid with mother of pearl and lacquered. Menuki on the katana of gilt shishi, kozuka iron with three plovers and pines in copper and silver inlay, the kogatana signed CHIKUSHU MIIKE JU HIROMASA.
Part of a daisho with HELM.O.271-1946
Notes
History note: Unknown
Legal notes
Bequeathed by J. E. Helm
Measurements and weight
Length: 96.8 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1946)
by
Helm, J. E.
Dating
17th Century, Mid#
1652
CE
-
1661
CE
Note
Maker worked in Settsu, and was a student of Yoshimichi (Hawley 1981: 970)
Components of the work
Grip
composed of
tape
( modern)
Tsuba
composed of
iron
Scabbard
composed of
lacquer
Scabbard Inlay
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Inlay
composed of
copper
silver
Shishi
composed of
gold
Blade
Length 75.6 cm
Materials used in production
Shakudo
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Harima no kami Tachibane no Yoshinari, 1652
- Location: On scabbard
- Type: Label
- Text: Harima no kami Tachibane no Yoshinari
- Type: Signature
Identification numbers
Accession number: HELM.O.270-1946
Primary reference Number: 162538
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2015
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
