Maritiem Digitaal
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inventarisnummer | WPN1329
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collectie | Edged Weapons
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museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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datum | 1840-1855
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omschrijving | Japanese wakizashi- the hilt of the wakizashi consists of two pieces of wood joined together longitudinally to form the grip. The wooden grip is covered with white ray-skin and is secured to the tang near the top by a short bamboo rod. The bamboo rod is bound with a piece of twisted bright blue silk. The hilt of the wakizashi is decorated with ornaments (menuki) made entirely of gilt. The ornaments (menuki) are made in a tripartite form- each part bearing an embossed gilt representation of a paulownia blossom spray on a bronzed ground. The pommel (kashirm/kashire- but strictly speaking- kabuto-gane) is a made in the form of an outline of a crested double ogee with a pierced space each side. The pommel (kashirm/kashire) is made of bronze copper with gilt wire decoration embossed on its stippled surface and round the edge of the pierced space. At the top- on a horizontal band is a disc- pierced to admit the silk binding- which is knotted above it. The ferrule (fuchi) is also made of bronze copper with gilt wire and has a copper top to admit the tang.
The steel blade is slightly curved; it is heavy with a single edge with an offset ridge running nearly the whole length. The back of the blade is ridged all the way to the long curved-edge point. The temper-line is (probably) of the irregular 'box' formation and ends at the point in the large-cicule way. The tang is of the pheasant's thigh configuration- and is engraved on the reverse with the signature in Japanese of 'YOSHIMITSU'. The obverse of the blade is not engraved. The shoulder of the blade is encased by a copper collar (babaki); 28mm- which is plain- save for the back edges- which are scratched. There is a single rivet hole in the tang. The scabbard is missing. Yoshimitsu of Tosa Province- Japan- a pupil of Sa Yukihide- probably made this sword's blade some time between 1840 and 1855.
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afmetingen | Overall: 65 x 685 x 75 mm; Blade: 489 x 32 mm
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