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Wakizashi, short sword   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Mitsu, [Kage]
Title
Wakizashi, short sword
Object type Classification: NM3.7808
Description
English: Wakizashi; japanese short sword and saya (scabbard); blade is a shobu zukuri shape with the ridge of the sharpened point sitting high up; unsigned blade; silver coloured habaki with a sunrise style design (metal encircling blade); no tsuba; no fuchi (collar above tsuba); samegawa (handle wrap) is rayskin with large segments missing; tsuka-ito is a black silk cord wrap on handle which is almost completely missing; no menuki charms; missing kojiri (end cap); saya (scabbard) is a black laquered wood with a pocket for a kogatana, no kogatana; signed by (Kage .) Mitsu
Date 1933; Pre 1933; Circa 1933
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length: 594mm
length: 580mm
length: 435mm

width: 30mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1933.372
Place of creation Japan; Asia
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, gift of Mr Harry S Dadley, W1867.3
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