Short blade. Signature: Yoshitsune, Bizen. Iron tsuba, pierced and chased with warriors with standards in landscape. Details, gold nunome. Rogai, sentoku/shakudo. Armed horsemen and river bridge. Back, fine lines.
Bequeathed by J. E. Helm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Helm, J. E.
Tsuba
composed of
iron
Nunome
composed of
gold
Accession number: HELM.O.273-1946
Primary reference Number: 169476
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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