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Katana sword with saya of red-brown lacquer and mother-of-pearl- inlay (includes 51.1209.1-51.1209.4)

Aimitsu (Japanese) (Artist)
Nobuhide (Japanese, active ca. 1800) (Artist)
Yoshikatsu (Japanese, Japanese) (Artist)
1866 (Edo)
Red-brown lacquer, black lacquer, shibuichi, iron, steel, silver, gold, mother-of-pearl

Red-brown lacquer saya with mother-of-pearl inlay. Kojiri, menuki, kashira of silver and gold. Kurigata and koiguchi black lacquer. Gold seppa. Tsuba of iron and shibuichi.

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[Poem] Asa tareya, Matsu no na[ ]sa, kumo ni fuji ko-yuki; [Signature] Nobuteru; [Transcription] Chikuzen ju Minamoto Nobukuni Yoshikatsu; [Transcription] Ichijo Fujinobu Keio ni no tora/Hongo Aimitsu; [Translation] Morning pines in the clouds wisteria light snow; [Translation] Nobukuni Yoshikatsu, of the Minamoto clan, living in Chikuzen province; [Translation] Hongo Aimitsu/Keio 2 (1866) year of the tiger

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Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm) (l.) mounted katana

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.1209

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