1592961204000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-163214 1753207442476 1753177114000 1753207433815 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-163214 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163214 c12badd6-2f64-3783-865c-d26ef9cd21ef 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons Applied Arts Signed (Orikaeshi-Mei) Morimitsu. Sugata: [configuration]: shobu-zukuri (‘iris’ shape) Kitae: [forging pattern]: itame with mokume flowing in places Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome with togari-ba of ko-nie Boshi [tip]: ko-maru Horimono [carving]: on the omote the written invocation ‘Hachiman Dai Bosatsu’ (Hachiman, the Great Bodhisattva), now mostly concealed from immediate view beneath the hilt due to the blade having been shortened, and on the ura a sanskrit character for Hachiman Nakago [tang]: suriage with orikaeshi (folded-over signature) Morimitsu, two holes, deep katte-sagari file marks Habaki [collar]: double gold-clad copper Nagasa [length of blade]: 36.4 ( about 1mm broken off the point). Length of tang 9.3cm. Curvature 0.7cm Koshirae [mounting]: blade preserved in shirasaya (retaining peg missing) of overall length 53.2cm: The mounting is number [29] on this list and both mounting and blade are accompanied by silk bags inside a lacquer box. TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS2 1 accession number TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS2 163214 priref 163214 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163214 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163214 (Orikaeshi-Mei) Morimitsu. signature reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 1400 1400 1400 1400 1499 1 1499 1499 1499 maker reference agent-181517 adlib-agent-181517 b5d9bbb5-c84c-378e-8c75-f90af9d8c42e (Orikaeshi-Mei) Morimitsu Morimitsu is highly regarded as one of the best of the early 15th century smiths of Osafune in Bizen province. reference term-126979 adlib-term-126979 6c2530d3-d939-3a89-9024-f22b512ba5c9 Muromachi Period (1336-1573) reference term-107270 adlib-term-107270 98ebf37f-42ba-3d8c-b75f-102d703acef1 15th Century reference term-107800 adlib-term-107800 dedd7a4b-37c6-37eb-a940-3ef5964f74ae literal Japan Japan country Japan reference term-126732 adlib-term-126732 adec56df-1846-3a6d-87aa-e3637685951f Japanese weapons category reference term-126980 adlib-term-126980 8ed7bbe1-92c6-32c7-be8e-3646187625b7 Wakizashi object name reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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Japanese weapons object OBJECT