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Sword (tachi) with dark brown lacquer saya, tortoise-shell marks (includes 51.1228.1-51.1228.4)
Dark brown lacquer saya with tortoise-shell markings. Mountings en suite of copper and gold, nanako grounds of fine technique. Has the sling bands and obi-tori of the tachi. Gold habaki with chrysanthemum bloom. Menuki of gold; double seppa of gold and copper, two inscriptions on fuchi; signature on left of tang, inscription on right in gold inlay. Katsumori
Inscription
Geographies
Japan
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
34 1/16 in. (86.5 cm) (l.) mounted tachi
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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1228
