IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163256
accession number:	HEL/ARM.283

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sugata: [configuration]: moroha zukuri, slight curve
Kitae: [forging pattern]: fine ko-itame with discontinuous utsuri
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru with hakikake and a long return leading to muneyaki
Horimono [carving]:none
Nakago [tang]: suriage, deeply curved-back, indistinct file marks, two holes, shallo kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single silver
Nagasa [length of blade]:blade 25.4cm, tang 8.8cm, curvature 0.2cm
Koshirae [mounting]: tsuba-gatana mounting, black lacquered scabbard finely engraved with stylized snowflakes with  an inlaid copper bird with details in shakudo and gold, the hilt bound with fine rattan, the kurikata, menuki, fuchi-kashira all with millet in shakudo and gold inlay, kozuka of shibuichi also with millet in high relief with gold inlay, the tsuba iron with stylized snowflake design and scrolling engraved and with gold nunome-zogan and a little detail in gold.
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/163256





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1599
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1599
culture:	Muromachi Period (1336-1573)
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: YAMASHIRO RAI