SWORD, JAPANESE, BLADE ONLY SHOTO, WAKIZASHI

W1970.924

No Fittings Except Copper Habaki. Unsigned.
Blade Type: SHOTO
Mei: mumei
Nagasa: 45.7 cm
Sori: 1.4 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 12.8 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu
Kissaki: chu
Hada: itame
Hamon: pointed gonome, some wide suguba/notare

Date: c. 1600

This wakizashi blade is a standard example of the Seki style of Mino Province

Koshirae
none

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No.46 ,
page 62.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: W1970.924
Accession Date: 18 Apr 1967

Material

Copper/Metal0 - Whole

Measurement

length586mm
length457mmnagasa
length128mmnakago [ tang that fits into the hilt]

 

 

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