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Dagger (hamidashi) with black lacquer saya with tortoise shell motifs (includes 51.1274.1-51.1274-5)
1800-1850 (Muromachi; late Edo; Meiji)
Black lacquer, steel, silver, shakudo, gold
Tsuba - Geese flying over plum blossoms. Fuchi, kashira - Peonies, cherry blossoms, swallows and birds. Menuki - Dragonflies in gold and shakudo. Saya - Birds perching in Japanese maple and plum trees; dragonfly hovering over stream.
Inscription
Geographies
Hitachi province
(Place of Origin)
Edo (Place of Origin)
Bizen (Place of Origin)
Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1274
