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Short sword (wakizashi) with stained wood saya with dragonflies and cicada (includes 51.1227.1-51.1227.5)

Nakagawa Isshô (Japanese, 1829-1876) (Artist)
Ogawa Teikan (Japanese, 1828-1898) (Artist)
Tadayoshi I (Japanese, Japanese) (Artist)
1857-1862 (late Edo; Meiji)
Stained wood, steel, shakudo, gold, sentoku, silver, copper, shibuichi

Stained wood saya with two dragonflies in gold and shibuichi and a cicada in copper and gold. Shakudo tsuba with gold detail and inscription. Gold habaki and seppa. Rest of mounting of shibuichi, gold, silver, and copper. Sentoku kozuka with inscription on blade. Blade with ken and a dragon.

Inscription

[Signature] Nakagawa Issho; [Transcription] Hizen (no) kuni Tadayoshi; [Transcription] Meiji shinbi moka Tofuboku [ ][ ] Teikan; [Translation] Tadayoshi of Hizen province; [Translation] Mid-summer Meiji 4 (1871) by Tofuboku(?) [ ][ ] Teikan

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Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin) Tsuyama (Place of Origin)

Hizen (Place of Origin)

Measurements

26 11/16 in. (67.8 cm) (l.) mounted wakizashi

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.

51.1227

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