Maker:
O-Tenta Masakuni Saku O
Maker:
Masakuni Old
A katana in Shirasaya. Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, broad, slight koshizori curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: o-itame with much ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome-choji of nioi with ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: kaen style
Horimono [carving]: kakinagasu bohi with soehi stopping 31.4cm above the mune machi
Nakago [tang]: suriage, katte-sagari file marks, two holes
Habaki [collar]: wood integral with shirasaya
Nagasa [length of blade]: length of blade 71.7cm , length of tang 24.1cm, curve 1.7cm
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya
Although giving an initial appearance of age,and has an inscription suggesting it to be the work of a great 12th-13th century smith, the blade is a 19th century shinshinto and probably shortened around the time of it’s export from Japan at the end of the 19th century.
19th Century
Edo Period (Japanese period, 1615-1868), Late
1800
CE
-
1899
CE
Accession number: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS3
Primary reference Number: 163215
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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