SWORD, JAPANESE, TANTO, HAMIDASHI

W1970.930a-c

Unsigned, Black/Green Lacquer With Mother Of Pearl Chip Scabbard
Blade Type: TANTO
Mei: mumei
Nagasa: 15.0 cm
Sori: muzori
Sugata: tsurugi tsukuri
Nakago: 8.01 cm, one mekugi ana, suriage
Hada: unclear due to abrasion
Hamon: appears to be wide suguba
Date: 16th century

This blade, of willow leaf shape, has been made from a spear head, (Yari), or yanagiha shape.

Koshirae
Type: HAMIDASHI
Saya: mijingai nuri in black//green lacquer over wood, with motif of bubbles rising from copper shellfish at tip. Copper kodzuka in pocket, decorated with a crab
Tsuka: white same, bound with dark green silk, over wood
Fuchi/kashira: copper, nanako background decorated with shellfish.
Menuki: copper, modelled as shellfish
Tsuba: iron, of naga-maru-gata shape.
Dimensions 2.7 x 4.5 x 0.4 cm.

Overall length: 39.5 cm

These delightful fittings are signed, in Sosho style: CHOKO or NAGAYOSHI.

Date: 18th-19th century

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No.19 ,
page 29

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	W1970.930a-c
Accession Date:	19 Apr 1967

Material

Lacquer/Wood	0 - Whole

Mother of Pearl/Shell	b - scabbard

Copper/Metal

Skin	a - sword

Silk/Textile	a - sword

Wood	a - sword

Iron/Metal	a - sword

Copper/Metal	c - kodzuka

Measurement

length	395mm

length	150mm	nagasa

length	80.1mm	nakago [ tang that fits into the hilt]

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