Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 4 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Reddish gold-dust saya with floral designs in gold leaf. Ishizuke, sai, sling-bands, obitori, sling buttons, dai seppa [2], fuchi, tsuka-ai all of copper and gold; mokko tsuba of iron, kabutogane of shibuichi, sarute of sentoku. Gilt koiguchi, habaki and seppa of gold. Two-handes tsuka with brocade and ito-maki, which extend down on the saya.Wakizashi mounted as a tachi. Tsuba comes apart into 3 pieces; hearts and crosses. Fuchi, kashira: paulownia mon. Saya: kiro and unidentified mon.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16456
label
Long sword (tachi) with paulownia mon (includes 51.1172.1-51.1172.4)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
16456
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Long sword (tachi) with paulownia mon (includes 51.1172.1-51.1172.4)
description
Reddish gold-dust saya with floral designs in gold leaf. Ishizuke, sai, sling-bands, obitori, sling buttons, dai seppa [2], fuchi, tsuka-ai all of copper and gold; mokko tsuba of iron, kabutogane of shibuichi, sarute of sentoku. Gilt koiguchi, habaki and seppa of gold. Two-handes tsuka with brocade and ito-maki, which extend down on the saya.Wakizashi mounted as a tachi. Tsuba comes apart into 3 pieces; hearts and crosses. Fuchi, kashira: paulownia mon. Saya: kiro and unidentified mon.
date
13th century (Kamakura)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
long sword
tachi
Tachi blade
tsuba
fuchi
kashira
menuki
saya
tsuka
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
35 5/8 in. (90.5 cm) (l.) wakisashi mounted as tachi
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
RelatedObjects
11559
21973
79134
med
Reddish gold dust lacquer, steel, gold, iron, shibuichi, sentoku, gilt, brocade, lead, shakudo
creator_ids
4010
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
d5b18a825a9dc0c5
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
085b993b4d3b9c8d
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
7d10f94459e2cbcd
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
4
type
photo
mediaId
d4f5ecbe26c39c3c
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no