SWORD, JAPANESE, DAITO, BUKE ZUKURI

W1970.903

Blade Type: DAITO
Mei: TSUGUSADA
Nagasa: 70.6 cm
Sori: 2.1 cm koshi
Sugata: shinogi tsuruki, iori mune
Nakago: 19.6 cm, two mekugi ana, suriage
Kissaki: chu
Hada: masame/mokume
Hamon: suguba ko midare

Koshirae
Type: BUKE ZUKURI
Saya: missing
Tsuka: large grain same, bound with black silk over wood
Fuchi/kashira: iron, decorated with plum blossom and insect
Menuki: gilded metal in the shape of shishi [lion].
Tsuba: beaten iron, of moko shape, with one ryohitsu [the holes in a guard for the utility knife and other implements] plugged.
Dimensions: 8.0 x 8.2 x 0.4 cm
Overall length: 95.0 cm

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No. 6,
page15

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	W1970.903
Accession Date:	18 Apr 1967

Material

Skin	0 - Whole

Silk/Textile	0 - Whole

Wood	0 - Whole

Iron/Metal

Gilt

Iron/Metal

Measurement

length	950mm	mounted

length	706mm	blade

length	196mm	tang

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