SWORD, JAPANESE, SHOTO, WAKIZASHI, HANDACHI
W1970.916a-b
Signed, Black Lacquer Scabbard Shortened Blade.
Blade Type: SHOTO
Mei: NOBUYOSHI
Nagasa: 44.9 cm
Sori: 1.2 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsuruki, iori mune
Nakago: 13.5 cm, two mekugi ana, suriage
Kissaki: chu
Hada: tight itame, with masame in shinogi
Hamon: sugu omidare ba of nioi
Date: c. early 17th century
This wakizashi blade has been shortened. It is an example of the work of the Yamashiro Province or Chikuzen Province Nobuyoshi group of the Shinto period.
Koshirae
Type: HANDACHI
Saya: black lacquer over wood, with ashi, shibabiki and ishi dzuri of copper
Tsuka: large grain same bound with brown cotton, over wood
Fuchi/Kabuto Gane: en suite with scabbard and fittings
Tsuka Ai: three beans in copper and gilt
Tsuba: iron, of naga-maru-gata shape, with gilded copper inlay and overlay. Obverse decorated with Chinese temple landscape and three figures crossing a bridge; reverse, with a man fishing.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 7.0 x 0.3 cm.
Overall length: 67.0 cm
Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No. 38 ,
page 52
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | W1970.916a-b |
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| Accession Date: | 18 Apr 1967 |
Material
| Lacquer/Wood | 0 - Whole |
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| Copper/Metal | b - scabbard |
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| Skin | a - sword |
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| Cotton Thread | a - sword |
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| Copper/Metal | a - sword |
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| Gilt | a - sword |
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| Iron/Metal | a - sword |
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| Copper/Metal | a - sword |
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| Gilt | a - sword |
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Measurement
| length | 670mm |
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| length | 449mm | nagasa |
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| length | 135mm | nakago |
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