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Dagger (hamidashi) with black lacquer saya with tortoise shell motifs (includes 51.1274.1-51.1274-5)

Takahashi Toshitsugu (Japanese, Japanese) (Artist)
Tomoyoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1800-1850) (Artist)
Kiyomitsu (Japanese, Japanese) (Artist)
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

[Signature] Jukodo Tomiyoshi; [Transcription] Bishu Osafune Kiyomitsu; [Transcription] Horyusai Toshitsugu/sei; [Translation] Kiyomitsu of Osafune, Bishu province; [Translation] Made by Horyusai Toshitsugu

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Geographies

Hitachi province (Place of Origin) Edo (Place of Origin)

Japan, Tokyo (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.

51.1274

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