IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 169489 accession number: HELM.O.287-1946 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Blade. Iron tsuba, with water plants rock and flying long-necked bird embossed in copper and details gilt. Iron fuchi, with embossed waves and calligraphy. Kashira with embossed waves en suite. Pair of Menuki each with bow and sheath of arrows in shakudo nanako one side with embossed and gilt books and flowering sprig. Black lacquer scabbard 'pitted' and spangled; copper kojiri with engraved grass and flowers embossed grasshopper. title: Wakizashi LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. E. Helm creditline: Bequeathed by J. E. Helm STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169489 TECHNIQUES ---------- lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons