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Source Description
Dark brown lacquer saya with tortoise-shell markings. Mountings en suite of copper and gold, nanako grounds of fine technique. Has the sling bands and obi-tori of the tachi. Gold habaki with chrysanthemum bloom. Menuki of gold; double seppa of gold and copper, two inscriptions on fuchi; signature on left of tang, inscription on right in gold inlay. Katsumori
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30423
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Sword (tachi) with dark brown lacquer saya, tortoise-shell marks (includes 51.1228.1-51.1228.4)
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title
Sword (tachi) with dark brown lacquer saya, tortoise-shell marks (includes 51.1228.1-51.1228.4)
description
Dark brown lacquer saya with tortoise-shell markings. Mountings en suite of copper and gold, nanako grounds of fine technique. Has the sling bands and obi-tori of the tachi. Gold habaki with chrysanthemum bloom. Menuki of gold; double seppa of gold and copper, two inscriptions on fuchi; signature on left of tang, inscription on right in gold inlay. Katsumori
date
before 1596 (Meiji; Momoyama)
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en
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long sword
tachi
Tachi blade
tsuba
fuchi
kashira
menuki
saya
tsuka
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9
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9
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import
dimensionsRaw
34 1/16 in. (86.5 cm) (l.) mounted tachi
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cul
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inscriptions
[ ] no rokuzaemonjo minamoto katsumorioite tokyo shinobugaoka tsukuru unno moritoshi haru; [Translation] Rokuzaemonjo Katsumori of the Minamoto clan
-- no (place name); [Translation] Made in Shinobugaoka
Tokyo by Unno Moritoshi in spring
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Dark brown lacquer, steel, copper, gold, shakudo, tortoise-shell
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