Sword: HEL/ARM.277-1946

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Maker(s)

Maker: OYA KATSU TSUKURU
Maker: SHONAN TACHIBANA KATSUKUNI
Maker: JINAN NO ICHIKO KATSUIE

Entities

Categories

Weapons

Description

Sugata: [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, even curve, broad medium point
Kitae: [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: sanbonsugi of nioi with scattered ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: midare-komi and ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: none
Nakago [tang]: ubu, file marks kiri on the shinogiji and osujigai on the hira, iriyamagata tip
Habaki [collar]: single thick silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: blade 59.61cm, tang 17.0cm, curvature 1.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting , the scabbard lacquered black, fuchi-kashira fine shakudo nanako with grasshoppers and grasses in high relief gold inlay, menuki of demon masks and crutches, the mokko iron tsuba pierced and carved deeply in Nanban style with dragons among scrolling, birds, and a central jewl of enlightenement height 7.6, width 7.0cm.

Place(s) associated

Kaga ⪼ Japan

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
18th Century
19th Century
1700 CE - 1899 CE

Note

The smiths are of the Katsukuni family of Kaga. The inscription implies that the blade was jointly made by three generations.

Components of the work

Mounting Height 7.6 cm Width 7.0 cm
Tang Length 17.0 cm
Blade Length 59.61 cm
Curvature Width 1.2 cm

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEL/ARM.277-1946
Primary reference Number: 163253
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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