SWORD (WITH SHEATH) JAPANESE KATANA
W1970.960
W1970.960
Cool Collection
Blade
Type: DAITO
Mei: FUJIWARA TOYOYUKI TSUKURU/TENWA NI NEN NI GATSU HI
Nagasa: 72.7 cm
Sori: 0.9 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 24.2 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu
Kissaki: o
Hada: itame with small mokune
Hamon: suguba midare
Date: February 1682
This Shinto katana was made by the 2nd generation Toyoyuki, of the Takata group of Bungo Province. The signature reads: ‘Toyoyuki, of the Fujiwara clan, (made this)’.
Koshirae
Type: BUKE ZUKURI
Saya: wood decorated with red/black striated lacquer. Black lacquer kuribata, kojiri of patinated copper
Tsuka: same, bound with black silk, over wood
Fuchi/kashira: patinated copper
Menuki: gilded metal in the form of naginata
Tsuba: iron, of mokko shape, with gold inlay. The obverse depicts clouds, grass and crescent moon; the reverse clouds and grass. Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.7 x 0.2 cm
Overall length: 100.4 cm
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | W1970.960 |
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| Accession Date: | 19 Apr 1967 |
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