Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, even curve, medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie and chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: midareba with large nie, sunagashi, and nijuba
Boshi [tip]: indistinct
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, osujigai file marks, iriyamagata tip
Habaki [collar]: double gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 49.7cm, tang 14.7cm, curvature 1.1cm
Koshirae [mounting]: wakizashi mounting, the scabbard lacquered black with shell or other speckled inlay, the rounded kojiri of shibuichi with insects and chrysanthemum blossoms in silver, shakudo, and a little gold inlay, the fuchi-kashira carved with sea waves, inscribed ‘FUKUJU’ (good fortune and longevity), the menuki of bows and arrows in shakudo with silver and gold details, the kozuka of shakudo nanako with a book and plum blossom (signifying the deified Fujiwara Michizane , Tenjin Sama – the God of Learning ) hammered in high relief, the round iron tsuba with flying geese and grasses in copper and gold inlay, height 7.0cm, width 6.8cm
Scabbard
composed of
lacquer
( black)
shell
( inlay (speckled))
Kojiri
composed of
shakudo
( inlay)
gold
( inlay)
silver
( inlay)
shibuichi
Tsuba
composed of
copper
( inlay)
gold
( inlay)
iron
Height 7 cm
Width 6.8 cm
Kozuka
composed of
copper
( shakudo nanako copper)
Blade
Curvature 1.1 cm
Length 49.7 cm
Tang
Length 14.7 cm
Accession number: HEL/ARM.286-1946
Primary reference Number: 163247
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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