SWORD (BLADE) JAPANESE WAKIZASHI - NO FITTINGS
W1970.946
W1970.946
Cool Collection
Blade
Type: SHOTO
Mei: mumei
Nagasa: 52.4 cm
Sori: 1.0 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 14.2 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu
Kissaki: chu
Hada: itame, masame in shinogi ji
Hamon: unusually regular becoming a notare of pointed gonome
Date: c. 1650
The ‘three cedars’ temper line is characteristic of the Mino Seki style. This blade could have been made by any of the Shinto smiths working in late Seki style.
Koshirae
none
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
Accession Number: | W1970.946 |
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Accession Date: | 19 Apr 1967 |
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