Blade. Steel processed engraved with snowstorm (habaki). Iron tsuba, with openwork sword and pole arm sheaths. Fuchi and kashira shakudo nanako with floral sprays enameled and gilt. Shakudo menuki, (pair) embossed with flowering chrysanthemum sprays partly gilt.
The sheath is lacquered black with horizontal convex gadrooming, with plain black kurikata
Bequeathed by J. E. Helm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Helm, J. E.
Nanoko, Menuki
composed of
shakudo
Tsuba
composed of
iron
Floral Spray
composed of
gilt
enamel
Sheath
composed of
lacquer
Blade
composed of
steel
Height 45.5 cm
Sword In Scabbard
Length 69.5 cm
Floral Decoration
Menuki
Accession number: HELM.O.288-1946
Primary reference Number: 169490
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Wakizashi" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169490 Accessed: 2024-12-22 09:59:51
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169490
|title=Wakizashi
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 09:59:51|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-169490
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...