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Source Description
This piece has a brown lacquer "saya" in imitation of bamboo and mountings decorated with gold dragons on a silver nanako ground, of fine technique. The piece has a silver dragon "menuki," a gold "habaki," and a double "seppa" of gold and silver. A two-handed "tsuka" has a same (ray skin) and ito-maki (broken).
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Document identity
localId
5433
label
Long Sword with Imitation Bamboo Saya and Dragon
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object
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Source metadata
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5433
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object
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normalized
title
Long Sword with Imitation Bamboo Saya and Dragon
description
This piece has a brown lacquer "saya" in imitation of bamboo and mountings decorated with gold dragons on a silver nanako ground, of fine technique. The piece has a silver dragon "menuki," a gold "habaki," and a double "seppa" of gold and silver. A two-handed "tsuka" has a same (ray skin) and ito-maki (broken).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1817-1882 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
long sword
blade
tsuba
fuchi
kashira
menuki
saya
tsuka
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
mounted katana: 35 13/16 in. (91 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
kazusa (no) kami fujiwara munemichi; [Translation] Munemichi
of the Fujiwara clan
Lord of Kazusa
med
lacquer, silver, gilded copper, gold, wood, steel
creator_ids
6100
6678
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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