SWORD, JAPANESE, DAITO, BUKE ZUKURI

W1970.906a-b

Katana - Unsigned. Crushed Mother of Pearl Lacquer Scabbard.
Blade Type: DAITO
Mei: mumei
Nagasa: 64.0 cm
Sori: 1.8 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 19.0 cm, three makugi ana, machi okuri, saki fuseruKissaki: Ko
Kissaki: Ko
Hada: mainly masame, with itame
Hamon: mixture of sugu komidare with sunagashi, very thin and disappears in monouchi and boshi
Date: 14th century

Koshirae
Type: BUKE ZUKURI
Saya: mijingainuri with inlay of copper pine needles. Kurikata has gold lacquer mon of Ikeda or Matsudaira clan. Soritsuno present
Tsuka: white same bound with blue/brown roughly woven cotton
Fuchi/kashira: black nanako background with gilt dragon overlay
Menuki: gilt dragons
Tsuba: iron, of slight naga-maru-gata shape, carved with a dragon whose coils appear on the reverse of the guard. Signed: SEIRYUKEN EIJU, with seal (Tetsugendo school, mid-19th century). Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm

Overall length: 99.0 cm

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No.13 ,
page 22

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	W1970.906a-b
Accession Date:	18 Apr 1967

Material

Mother of Pearl/Shell	b - scabbard

Copper/Metal	b - scabbard

Lacquer/Natural Resin	b - scabbard

Skin

Cotton/Textile

Measurement

length	990mm

length	640mm	nagasa [blade]

length	190mm	nakago [tang that fits into the hilt]

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