katana

Language: Japanese
Language: Japanese

Sword

Sword (jap. katana) in a black lacquered scabbard in the original mounting with sword blade (jap. tsuba), ferrule etc. (jap. mitokoro-mono). With Silk sheath and original storage case (jap. kiribako) with an inscription of the giver in black ink. black ink: on the outside of the lid: "An illustrious sword [from] Japanese-German-Italian Friendship Association (Nichi doku i shinzen kyôkai); head of the Fujii Clinic (Fujii ryôhô hon'in chô) Fujii Hyakutarô presented to His Excellency Dirksen, Ambassador of Japan". On the inside of the lid: "Made [by] Hizen [no] kuni Dewa [no] kami Yukihiro ["Hizen no kuni" is a place name]; length 2 shaku 4 sun 6 bu; ....Monogram (kao); Bunka 1/2/- (1804); written on 1937-26-11; Monogram"

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Object type
swords
Dimensions
148 x 1110 x 150 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; metal; sinew, animal;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43117
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Beginning of the 19th century
    where
    Japan
    Asia -> East Asia -> Japan
    who
    Hizen no kuni Dewa no kami Yukihiro
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Asia
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Not clarified
    when
    1934-1938
    who
    Dirksen, Herbert von - Recipients
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