SWORD, JAPANESE, DAITO, BUKE ZUKURI
W1970.903
Blade Type: DAITO
Mei: TSUGUSADA
Nagasa: 70.6 cm
Sori: 2.1 cm koshi
Sugata: shinogi tsuruki, iori mune
Nakago: 19.6 cm, two mekugi ana, suriage
Kissaki: chu
Hada: masame/mokume
Hamon: suguba ko midare
Koshirae
Type: BUKE ZUKURI
Saya: missing
Tsuka: large grain same, bound with black silk over wood
Fuchi/kashira: iron, decorated with plum blossom and insect
Menuki: gilded metal in the shape of shishi [lion].
Tsuba: beaten iron, of moko shape, with one ryohitsu [the holes in a guard for the utility knife and other implements] plugged.
Dimensions: 8.0 x 8.2 x 0.4 cm
Overall length: 95.0 cm
Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No. 6,
page15
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
Accession Number: | W1970.903 |
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Accession Date: | 18 Apr 1967 |
Material
Skin | 0 - Whole |
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Silk/Textile | 0 - Whole |
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Wood | 0 - Whole |
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Iron/Metal |
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Gilt |
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Iron/Metal |
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Measurement
length | 950mm | mounted |
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length | 706mm | blade |
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length | 196mm | tang |
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