Sugata: [configuration]: straight shinogi-zukuri distorted from original shape
Kitae: [forging pattern]: not visible
Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji-ba
Boshi [tip]: not visible
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, indistinct file marks, one hole, a truncated kengata shape tip
Habaki [collar]:
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 64.7cm, tang 19.5cm, impossible to consider the curvature due to the distortion.
Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting, the scabbard missing, fuchi/kashira with gold-inlaid dragons appearing through windows in waves, menuki of dragons in shakudo and gold, the kawarigata iron tsuba with two hitsuana, Mount Fuji and a boatman on the face and a bridge over a river, huts, and a distant two-storied pagoda on the the reverse, height 8.0cm, width 7.8 cm. Overall length of blade with hilt 91.8cm
Length: 91.8 cm
Mounting
composed of
gold
( gold inlaid decoration)
Height 8.0 cm
Width 7.8 cm
Blade
composed of
steel
Length 64.7 cm
Tang
Length 19.5 cm
Accession number: HEL/ARM.278-1947
Primary reference Number: 163245
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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