SWORD, JAPANESE, SHOTO, WAKIZASHI, SHIRASAYA
W1970.912.a-b
Blade Type: SHOTO
Mei: SEKI JU KANE… [the last character appears to be ‘moto’ as in ‘Kanemoto’, but is unclear]
Nagasa: 54.4 cm
Sori: 1.4 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 12.5 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu
Kissaki: chu
Hada: unclear due to inexpert polishing
Hamon: kessho suguba over choji/gonome midare
Date: c. 1600
A wakizashi blade of the Mino Seki group.
Koshirae
Type: SHIRASAYA
Saya: plain white wood
Tsuka: plain white wood
Overall length: 73.6 cm
Date: 18th-19th century
This storage type scabbard bears the inscription ‘Presented to Infantry Captain Tsunaoka Kanji’ (in Japanese characters), ‘Col. Poyntz’ (in English)
Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No. 37 ,
pag 51
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
Accession Number: | W1970.912.a-b |
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Accession Date: | 18 Apr 1967 |
Material
Wood | 2 - scabbard - saya |
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Wood | 1 - sword |
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Measurement
length | 736mm |
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length | 544mm | nagaso |
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length | 125mm | nakago |
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