IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163218
accession number:	O.4-1973

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Signed Awataguchi Omi (No) Kami Tadatsuna. Sugata: [configuration]: broad shinogi-zukuri, even curve, small-medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: fine tight ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: toranba with gunome in ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: broad nioi-guchi and maru return
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, katte sagari file marks, one hole, ha-agari kutijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single copper-gilt
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 54.7cm, tang 17.3cm, curvature 1.5cm
Koshirae [mounting]: as the katana mounting except that the wakizashi is provided with a kozuka of shibuichi carved with waves and a gold-inlaid dragon weaving through the waves, Kozuka signed Bishu Osafune (No) Ju Sukesada
title:	sword

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before S.R. Turner


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
collection:	S. R. Turner
creditline: Bequeathed by S.R. Turner

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163218


SUBJECTS
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wave
dragon
wave
dragon



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1686 - 1686
creation date earliest:	1686
creation date latest:	1686
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Bishu Osafune (No) Ju Sukesada
maker: Awataguchi Omi (No) Kami Tadatsuna

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 76.7