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Long Sword (katana) with silver clouds and dragon (includes 51.1154.1-51.1154.4)

Komori Harutoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1700) (Artist)
Munetsugu (Japanese, Japanese) (Artist)
Toshimasa (Japanese, 19th century) (Artist)
1851 (late Edo)
Steel, black lacquer, silver and gold

Dull black lacquer saya with raised cloud scrolls. Large kojiri in the form of a silver dragon; Another forms kashira and coils around the tsuka. Silver koichu with two characters. Sank kurikata. Gold seppa and habaki. Silver dragon tsuba. Carved in blade a dragon and sanko, and inscription with bee.

Inscription

[Signature] Tounsai Toshimasa; [Transcription] Sen Dewa goku ju Bizen (no) suke Munetsugu tsukuru kore/ Kaei yo nen hachi gatsu kichijitsu.; [Transcription] Roo Seiju; [Translation] Munetsugu, official of Bizen province, living in Dewa province, made this on a lucky day in the 8th month of Kaei 4 (1851); [Translation] Munetsugu, official of Bizen province, living in Dewa province, made this on a lucky day in the 8th month of Kaei 4 (1851)

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9/11/1964 Examination examined for condition
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Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

38 9/16 in. (98 cm) (l.) mounted katana

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.

51.1154

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