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Long Sword (katana) with Plovers Flying over Waves
16th-17th century (Edo)
Deep red lacquer, silver lacquer, gold lacquer, steel, gold, silver, gold alloy (shakudo)
Saya in deep red lacquer with small birds in gold and silver lacquer. Kojiri, kozuka handle (inscribed), uragawara. fuchi, meguki and kashira all of gold and silver. Kogai handle, koiguchi, inner seppa, kurigata, and menuki band of silver. Tsuba and menuki of copper and gold. Outer seppa and part of habaki in gold
Inscription
Geographies
Nikko in Shimosuke Province
(Place of Origin)
Hoki province (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Mounted katana, overall L: 36 × W: 2 15/16 × D: 2 3/4 in. (91.5 × 7.5 × 7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1212
