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Short sword (wakizashi) with black lacquer saya with plum mon design (includes 51.1249.1-51.1249.5)

Shoji Naotane (Japanese, 1778-1857) (Artist)
Yanagawa Naomasa (Japanese, 1692-1757) (Artist)
Kunimasa (Artist)
1829 (Edo)
Black lacquer, ray skin, green mother-of-pearl, steel, silver, shakudo, gold, brass

Black lacquer saya with shell dust and silver inlay, latter in the form of rosettes. Brass kojiri. Lacquer kurigata. Silver habaki; gold seppa. Other mountings of copper with gold and silver detail. Tsuka with ray skin and ito-maki. Kozuka inscribed on blade.

Inscription

[Signature] Naomasa; [Signature] Kunimasa; [Transcription] Shoji Chikuzennodaijo Naotane/ Bunsei juni nen hachi gatsu; [Translation] Naotane, official of Chikuzen province/Bunsei 12 (1829), 8th month

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Geographies

Edo (Place of Origin) Yamagata (Place of Origin)

Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall: 27 3/16 in. (69 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

51.1249

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