SWORD - JAPANESE KATANA
W1970.964
W1970.964
Blade
Type: DAITO
Mei: mumei
Nagasa: 65.1 cm
Sori: 0.6 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 17.2 cm, two mekugi ana, suriage
Kissaki: Ko
Hada: masame
Hamon: unclear
Date: mid – to late 16th century
This appears to be a Koto blade made during the Sengoku Jidai Period. It is possible that the blade is straighter now that it was originally as the tang has much more curvature than the blade, indicating a possible change of shape.
Koshirae
Type: BUKE ZUKURI
Saya: black laquer over wood, iron kuchi gane
Tsuka: flat brown tape binding over a section of scabbard which has been cut to length and utilized as a makeshift handle.
Fuchi/kashira: fuchi copper, kashira iron
Menuki: rusty washers
Tsuba: improvised wooden disc of modern manufacture
Overall length: 103.5 cm
Date: c. 1877
These mounts indicated the Satsuma Rebellion period (1877).
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | W1970.964 |
|---|---|
| Accession Date: | 19 Apr 1967 |
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