IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 163215 accession number: TEMP-AA-JAPANESEWEAPONS3 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 14 January 2014 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: Japanese weapons LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163215 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 culture: 19th Century culture: Edo Period (Japanese period, 1615-1868), Late CREATORS -------- maker: O-Tenta Masakuni Saku O maker: Masakuni Old