IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163245
accession number:	HEL/ARM.278-1947

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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
title:	sword

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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163245

PEOPLE
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boatman

SUBJECTS
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bridge
pagoda
huts
windows
dragons
Mount Fuji
river
bridge
pagoda
huts
windows
dragons
Mount Fuji
river



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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culture:	unknown


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 91.8