SWORD JAPANESE, DAITO, SHIRASAYA

W1970.908a-b

Blade Type: DAITO
Mei: mumei
Nagasa: 58.8 cm
Sori: 0.9 cm
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri iori mune
Nakago: 15.3 cm, two mekugi ana, suriage
Kissaki: chu
Hada: obscured by abrasion
Hamon: sanbonsugi
Date: c. 1600

Koshirae
Type: SHIRASAYA
Saya: plain white wood
Tsuka: plain white wood to match scabbard
Overall length: 83.0 cm

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No26. ,
page 36

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	W1970.908a-b
Accession Date:	18 Apr 1967

Material

Wood	b - scabbard

Measurement

length	830mm

length	588mm	nagasa blade

length	153mm	nagako [tang that fits into hilt]

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