Long samurai sword, or katana

Details

• Title

  Long samurai sword, or katana

• Artist/maker

  Norimitsu (active mid-15th century) (armourer)

  Gotō Tatsujo (1665 - 1708) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Okayama prefecture (place of creation)

• Date

  17th - 19th century (1601 - 1900)
  17th - 19th century (1601 - 1900)

• Material and technique

  steel blade; metal sword furniture; wooden scabbard, covered in lacquer, and wrapped with a silk braid; wooden hilt, covered in shagreen and wrapped with a silk braid

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › steel;

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › leather › shagreen;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered;

  woven

• Object type

  arms/armour › weapon › sword › katana;

  arms/armour › sheath

• Dimensions

  depth at blade 7.8 x 93 x 0.2 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  depth at sword guard 7.8 x 93 x 8.2 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  depth at hilt 7.8 x 93 x 2.2 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  10

• Credit line

  Presented by C. W. Christie Miller, 1959.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 37 | Japan 1600 - 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1959.83

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