SWORD (BLADE) JAPANESE WAKIZASHI - NO FITTINGS

W1970.952

W1970.952
Blade
Type: SHOTO

Mei: SHINANO KAMI DAI…

Nagasa: 42.4 cm

Sori: 1.0 cm, torii

Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune

Nakago: 12.6 cm

Kissaki: chu

Hada: indiscernable due to poor condition of blade

Hamon: indiscernable due to poor condition of blade

Date: c. 1660
This wakizashi blade has been shortened at some time by approximately 5 cm, thus rendering the signature incomplete, but the title ‘Lord of Shimano Province’ and the first character ‘Dai’, of the name ‘Daido’, remain. Four generations named Daido used the title between 1624-1716, and the shape and characteristics of the blade indicate the 2nd generation, c. 1660. The signature reads: ‘Dai… (do), Lord of Shimano Province (made this)’. This name can also be pronounced as ‘Omichi’.
Koshirae
none

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: W1970.952
Accession Date: 19 Apr 1967

 

 

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