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Long Sword Blade ("Katana")

Provenance Inscription Credit

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] Inscribed: sadamune: honami kokan; [Translation] Inscribed: Sadamune (attributed by Honami Kokan).

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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14th century (Muromachi)

steel with gold inlay
(Arms & Armor)

51.1226.1

27 9/16 in. (70 cm) (l.)

Long Sword ("Katana") with Dark Brown Saya with Silver Dragons and Clouds	Title
Sword: 14th century; Gold Inlay: 1840-1849 (Muromachi; late Edo)	Period
51.1226	Accession
dragons	Tags

Tsuba with Dragons and Clouds	Title
2nd half 19th century-early 20th century (late Edo-Meiji)	Period
51.1226.2	Accession

Tsuka with Dragons	Title
2nd half 19th century-early 20th century (Edo-Meiji)	Period
51.1226.3B	Accession

Fuchi with Dragons and Clouds	Title
2nd half 19th century-early 20th century (late Edo-Meiji)	Period
51.1226.3A	Accession

Umabari with Dragons and Clouds	Title
2nd half 19th century-early 20th century	Period
51.1226.4	Accession